Some days you just have to laugh!
#21
So, I've been working on a quilt for my grandson who will be three next month, and is tractor crazy. So I bought a yard of tractor print plus one panel with all sorts of vehicles. This kid loves wheels. I cut large squares to make big triangle sections the easy way, because the print is large. Then I dug through my stash and found assorted plaid homespuns, to make it look all boyish. It's not like I am building a marininers compass or something, but a very simple pattern. As usual I sewed my sashing rows for the cross pieces, with the squares between. Then assembled the squares with the up and down sashings. Last night when I started pinning the rows together something wasn't matching up. Turns out I had one horizontal sashing that was an inch and a half too short. Fixed that this morning, after I scrubbed the floors, planning to finish the assembly and head outdoors to pull some weeds. Well, what do you know, the next row had the same problem. Fixed that, finally sewed all the rows together, and laid it out to look at it before I pressed it and added my borders. Wow, I had one square on its side! In the middle of the quilt, no less. Couldn't stand to leave it, so after fixing lunch, ripped that out( after I found my seam ripper, lost it in a heartbeat), turned it around and added the borders. Whew, then I ran outside. At about 3:00! But some days are like that, right?
broken part to take to a welder in the AM. sure happy we are in and RV park not WalMart parking lot they have WiFi:we work 20 minutes and rest an hour 72 and 77 years olds don't work fast.We also forgot our verzion air card at home ,having it mailed to my sister that we will visit as soon as the trailer hitch is fix.
Already 1st day out had to buy 2 new trailer tires, sure hope the job we think we are going to get in southern Cailfornia pans out with some$$$.
Your quilt sounds like it will be enjoyed, post a picture when it's done.
guess we aLL HAVE THOSE DAYS
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Thanks, all
Thanks for all the sympathy, and I really think you all have pointed me in the right direction, shown me the error of my ways. The whole problem is the housework thing! Nuff said.LOL
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