I've finally motivated myself to work a little bit at a time on my most pressing projects despite continued sickness. Oh well. So I'm not as efficient as I used to be. I'm sure that this is God's way of preparing me for life with an infant. I know that I won't be able to get as much sewing done in the future as I have been able to the past few years. But what trade off!
The first thing I got to work on was a row for my row robin quilt swap. Our group has had some hiccups anyway with shipping and members dropping out...so at least I know I wasn't holding up the process too much. But I still like to finish my projects promptly. This was a row for an underground railroad quilt.
I like the concept of this quilt, but in actuality I had a lot of difficulty with it. Part of my problems were I'm sure that I hadn't been sewing for a while. But other difficulties I had were with the fabric and color choices of the other rows and the dimensions of the blocks. I was too sick to go out and purchase new fabric for this quilt row and I had a difficult time finding the appropriate kinds of fabric to match the other two completed rows. Hopefully what I found will work overall with all the rows.
I also struggled with the dimensions needed for the row. Each block needed to be 10.5 inches square. I couldn't find any patterns that gave a block that size, so I ended up creating all the patterns by hand. It just added to my frustration...but in the end I'm sure that I'm a better quilter because of it. I just didn't have the energy to be excited at the opportunity to figure all the blocks out. Pregnancy brain!
The second task I attacked was for a new swap group that I joined called Bee Modern. I'm liking this group a lot. There are so many talented women and over achievers. It's great! :) I really like that we are sent the fabric directly because I feel much more confident that everyone will like the blocks they receive.
The first block was for the month of June...so yeah...I was a little behind. But Nichole was very sweet about it and said that it was alright, so here it is. Better late than never. She wanted a rectangular wonky log cabin block out of the white and navy fabrics. The navy fabric needed to be on the outside and it all ended up with a bird applique. I'm pretty pleased with how it all turned out. Now I just have to tackle the July month blocks!
