ABOVE: I must confess I hated the fabrics, they were just not ME... but now that it's done I think it's stunning! I almost wish I was keeping it... but I have promised it to Lesley... so I hope she loves it too. (I got the fabrics really cheap at Spotlight last year, thought they would be good for practising blocks with).
I say 'tablecloth' but really... it's like a small quilt... there was a shit-load of stitching involved I tell ya! HOURS and HOURS!
So, we will go over to Brown's Bay on the North Shore if she's home and give it to her today.
Then when we get home I am going to start MY BLUE QUILT, oh yes I am!
ONWARD....
Well we ended up meeting up with my friend at Sylvia Park... and she LOVED the 'tablecloth'.... I got a lovely big hug! lol... and then we sat and shared a drink and a chin wag... it was nice.
Back home now and I am finally cutting into the blue fabrics! I will show all of you the first block once it's done.
Also this afternoon we are going to look at another house in the next suburb over... as we are still seriously considering moving.
I asked Stew to work out how many 'plate' pieces I would need to cut out to make 30 blocks... and the total was 480! Holy hell! Better get started then!
LEIGH: well done on the arithmetic... but what you don't know is that block is NOT the same size as the one I am making NOW. But thanks for the input.... !
NOW...where was I? Oh yes.... I've made the first block... and after thinking it would only need 16 blades per block it turns out it needs 18, so in all I have to make 540 blades. LEIGH would you like to double check that??? But then again, I'm sure Stew can add up just fine thanks.
End of Day: and I'm off to make seafood fritters for dinner... super YUM! Stew is gunna buy some chips to go with them, so it's an easy dinner tonight. Yaaaa.
DIET: chips, did anyone say chips?
P.S.: I will show you the first block tomorrow, plus the BIG STUFF UP I did too. *sigh*
nite nite.
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