Welcome to the Treadlestitches Blog! I may quilt with electricity, but all my piecing is done with people-power. It's old fashioned and energy efficient at the same time. (Too bad it doesn't burn very many calories.)
We went to the annual used book sale at our local library today, and here is my quilting/knitting loot. Do you recognize any of these? Most of them date from the 90s to about 10 years ago.
Here's my favorite--The Knitted Rug, by Donna Druchunas. It is like new, and only cost $1.
I don't know if I'll make any of the projects in these old books, but I enjoy reading them. Eventually I'll pass them on to someone else, but I will have definitely gotten my money's worth.
Here's the one Little Buddy likes the best--it has these wacky chickens on the back...
...and this is the front cover. It's like a blast from the past.
Having finished my zigzag blocks last week, it was on to my Spiky Stars for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge month of green. Now, what's wrong with this picture?
Yep, I cut 8 right-side pieces and 0 left side pieces. This is my third month making these stars, and I forgot about the tricky part already. You can't get cocky here! Four of the "peaky" shapes are cut with the fabric right side up, and four with the fabric right side down. Doh!
There, that's better. Good thing I had plenty of that green.
So the block did turn out. I only made 3 of these this month.
As you can see, I quilted the blocks after I finished piecing them. I'm hoping this will make it easier to end up with a finished Spiky Stars quilt at the end of the year, and not another dreaded UFO. I will have some hand work to do on the back after I sew them together, but I won't be manhandling a big quilt through my small machine opening.
Spring seems to actually be coming here in Wisconsin. The robins are back!
I couldn't get any robins to pose for me today, so I'm using a picture from last year.
Robins are a sign of hope, and it cheers me just to see them.
This week, I'm wishing hope for you, and the joy of anticipation.
Cheers for reading,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
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