I can sew again **happy dancing**
An upholstery shop told me about a little hidden hole-in-the-wall sewing machine repair shop run by a man who had to be pushing 90. Not only did he have the part I needed for my vintage singer (the presser spring), but he let me have it for just $1. For another $1, he let me have the feed dog cover so I can try doing some fmq, too. A third dollar scored me ten original bobbins.
For the first time this year, I was able to spend a whole afternoon sewing. I decided the stacks of crumb blocks and 4Ps that are my go-to L/Es were getting to high, so I put together a dozen of these blocks:
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The inspiration was
BH's Fair and Square, but am starting to wonder. BH's had a red center square that gives your eye a place to rest, but I'm thinking the crumb center I used might make it too busy once I add all the strippy triangles. Maybe I should just add sashing and do it in rows.
**edit: the black border fabric was leftover from another quilt, so nothing spent on this one so far
