Don’t worry, I’m not going to show you more triangle pictures! I could though, I’m still going, although life has rather got in the way, so progress is slow. 15 more to go by my calculations and then I can sew them together. That will mean a lot of pinning and seam matching, and no doubt ripping out too….I think the end is in sight though….almost!

The problem with big fiddly projects and blogging is that there really isn’t a lot to show you. More of the same, sometimes for weeks. Most bloggers seem to work small, or make blocks for bees, or to be honest, make pretty simple quilts. I guess I’m past the stage where sewing squares together does it for me, so you’ll have to bear with me. At some point in the not too distant future I will have something lovely to show you. I’m thrilled with how Hopscotch is coming together.

I do remember in the not too distant past that I decided to try to work smaller and to stop alway making great big quilts. there seems to be a bit of a mental block on that one – and I should realistically start asking myself how many bed quilts a girl needs?  Anyway, in the next few weeks I have a few little projects in the pipeline, so you might notice a sudden and unaccustomed burst of starts and finishes in close succession….that’s the plan anyway!

• First up is a Stitch Tease block for Quiltova (aka Di in the Czech Republic). This is her starter block. Lovely, isn’t it – I love pinwheels, so this one should be fun to do. Unfortunately there was a last minute bee rebellion and the starter blocks are no longer being sent to each person to help with block making, which makes it a lot harder as we’re only going to be working from photos, but I’m not too worried about this month.
• Second is a secret name tag for my swap partner for the FQ retreat in June in London. I have some ideas in mind on this one and how long can a name tag take? Ha ha….
• Thirdly I’ve agreed to take part in a secret gift swap at FQ – so need to make 4 gifts….no ideas yet here, but I think covered notebooks might be the way to go unless I see that’s what everyone else is making in which case, who knows?
• Finally I need to make something for my lovely SIL in Canada for her birthday at the end of the month. The socks are on the needles folks…aided and abetted by Mel in Starbucks yesterday who taught me a cool new method of casting on….having ripped out twice, the new cast-on is now firmly anchored in my brain!!

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