I did actually set a goal for the past week, but it didn't happen for various reasons (and I may set it in an upcoming week), so I decided to once again just focus on things that DID get done! (Celebrate success - a powerful motivator.)
Probably the biggest accomplishment of the past week was finishing my challenge quilt. It was touch and go for a while. I wasn't happy with how the sawtooth stars went. The directions (which I followed carefully) resulted in flying geese that were too big for the central block. When I tried to use my Brother sewing machine's quilting foot and covered the feed dogs, it was a disaster. AND my "machingers" disintegrated! I threw them in the garbage, but not before I had little pieces of rubber fingertips all over my sewing machine and table.
In short, I wasn't happy with it, but I'm trying to focus on positives!
1. I got it done!
2. I tried the binding method I learned last year called "facing" and it went pretty well.
3. I like how I picked the fabrics to represent the four seasons.
I noticed the stray threads *after* taking the photo, but it's also at a wonky angle and I decided to leave it.
The pieces that were in the envelope included the wavy aqua lines in the "summer" block (bodies of the geese), the red satin / silk in the "autumn" block (wings of geese - except I didn't have enough and one is made of cotton), and the grey silk in the "winter" block, turned into a rose-type flower.
There were other things I got done - coffee date with Deb P, pedicure, some general household stuff, . . . I am blessed and I had a good week. The Minnesota Quilt Show in St. Cloud was lovely. I got in more than 19,000 steps on two different days!
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