For the last couple of days, I've
been playing around with a gazillion HSTs – half-square triangles, that
is. Somewhere in the vicinity of 3,000
of them. I sewed them together and now I
have about 1,500 little squares, most of which are 1” x 1”. A couple dozen are 2 ½” x 2 ½”. It takes a long time to press 1,500 little
squares! I finally lowered my ironing
board and pulled a chair up to it.
After that, I laid a few out on my
table, and have one block ready to sew together. But I decided it was time to quit – lunches
needed to be made, clothes needed to be put into the dryer, and the recliner
needed to be sat in and the heating pad leaned on.
So now lunches, clothes, recliner,
and heating pad are all happy.
(And so is Kitty, who is perched on
my lap.)
I think I have enough little pieces
to make about two dozen pillows, instead of just six. Maybe three dozen. Menfolk don't usually appreciate having to
move a couple of fancy pillows from the bed before they can climb in. What would they think of two dozen?!
Naaa, I won't make two dozen
pillows. I figure this is a head start
on the quilted pocketbooks and mug rugs I plan to make for Christmas 2012. And I have lots of friends whose favorite
color is lavender or purple, so everything's just ducky. (Unless they get their wallets mixed up and
inadvertently swapped around.) (I'd
better make them different.)
Now Kitty’s having a bath on my
lap. She’s the cuddliest thing.
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