Thursday, October 9, 2008

Gettin' there...

It's been a busy week, not much time for sewing...or blogging, for that matter. I tend to work long, wacky hours, so when I get home I'm usually not good for anything but decompressing in front of the TV until bedtime. Consequently, I try to get up early and do my sewing in the morning...but it's been so much harder to get up now that it's dark out. It's only October -- way too early to shift into hibernation mode!

So progress on the homespun nine-patches has been slower than usual. I was hoping to be at least piecing them by now, but when the alternative is staying huddled under the covers and grabbing another half-hour of sleep, I'm OK with it...


Strip sets up the wazoo...and another 15 to go

This stuff is much stretchier than I'd anticipated, despite the use of sizing. Which makes me think that the piecing process will be very forgiving -- and that's a good thing!

5 comments:

Jackie Russell said...

When working with homespuns I found heavy starch to be better than the sizing. But you are right it will be very forgiving in the piecing stage.

Cami said...

It is going to be beautiful when you are done. Keep going!

Christina said...

nice blog. I hve some home spuns I'm giving away on my blog. patchesquiltworks.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

I love the colours... it will be so cozy when it is finished... keep going you can do it!

jacquie said...

it is going to be beautiful. i know what you mean...the days are getting shorter and shorter. i need my sunshine.