Block Arranging By Zoey!

“You should have a big design wall” they suggest.

But what do you do when there are no available walls and blocks are too heavy to stick there anyway?

While some have large houses with  10 foot ceilings and can “wall out” an entire quilt with ease – there are those of us who are grateful for partial walls, and available floor space.

I set in to sewing together the sampler block quilt top I shared in yesterday’s post. It was all going swimmingly well, and I was using units from our Unity Quilt Along part 7 as Leaders & Enders along the way, so it was all grand.

On-point quilts are one thing I can’t “web” continually as in straight set quilts, so I simply build each row, adding each row to the mother ship as I go until half the quilt is pieced.

Looking good so far!

And it is when I started to work from the opposite corner in that things got to be a bit of a jumble:

Uhoh!  What happened here?

Birds on the lawn! Birds on the lawn!

Oh boy, birds on the lawn!

We call this window Zoey TV because she LOVES being right here watching what is going on outside of the glass.

The bird feeder is right above, and these birds are pecking up the bird seed that has fallen.  There is also a chipmunk that comes to steal the seed occasionally and then all heck breaks loose with many squeals of puppy delight.  Oh boy.

Block surfing from stairs to window!

Whoowhooo!

I hope to get this together today.  I’m thinking about borders – if it will really even need any.  I will measure when the quilt top is together and decide what it needs to fit a twin bed at Quiltville Inn.

My weekend will be spent getting ready for part 7 of our Unity Quilt Along to go live on Monday!  (I can’t believe it is Friday already, can you?)

Some stitching at the QPO happened as well – no new blocks made, but blocks sewn together in fours.

Find the oldest scraps in here!

Are any of these still lingering in YOUR stash?

What are you waiting for?

My least favorite job?

Pinning to match points that don’t nest.

UGH.

I’m calling it “close enough is good enough” on these because the pursuit of perfection is crazy making. It’s a bulky point being matched and pinned with another bulky point.  Get over it!

I am 45  blocks into this thing -

with a long long way to go yet.

One thing I can say is – the further I stand away from it – the more I like it.  LOL!

I was thinking full size – but you know what?  I could use a king size on the upstairs guest bed at the cabin so why not?  There is no shortage of old scrap fabric that needs to be used somehow (or pitched?) and one can only use so many twin/full quilts.  Occasionally one needs to be made to fit a bed in the house so it can really be used.

I am not going to figure the number of blocks total yet – it would be too daunting.  Instead I am just going to sew a few here and there in between everything else and watch this grow. 

When I got home I discovered this.

The washer had eaten the sheets.

Literally.

I have a sneaking suspicion just where it is that missing socks go.

Could we fix this?  Yes.

Did we have the tools to fix this?  No.

There is a bolt down the center of the agitator that allows removal of the whole shebang, but who has a ratchet extension THAT LONG?!

Well, we do now! LOL!

It was deemed  an “essential trip” to town – a 30 minute drive back to Lowes to obtain said ratchet extension pack.

Zoey and I rode shotgun just because – and stayed in the truck while transactions were made.  And since we were in town – a quick stop for shredded cheese and eggs at the grocery and we were back on our way home in no time.

The sheets have been released from the sheet eater, the next load washed with no problem and all is well in our world once again.

Friday is much a repeat of Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday – mail order out, piece some blocks, come home, piece some more on the sampler quilt top – all the way to dinner time.

And what’s for dinner?  BBQ ribs and baked sweet potatoes.  And a salad.  The ribs are already cooked, we just need to reheat them through on the grill to get that yummy sauce caramelized.  I’m thinking of doing the sweet potatoes in the air fryer.  I haven’t tried that yet.  Any suggestions?

How is your Friday shaping up so far?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

This is something I keep reminding myself as life continues to be turned upside down.

I am imagining myself one year from today looking back on this and counting all the blessings that happened along the way.

And into this day we go -