It's Friday and I'm not finished...

Here we are at the end of the week and time, once again, has gotten away from me. Today is jammed packed with things "I have to do" and all I want to do is sit and sew! But this all will pass and I'll get to sew tonight.

The grand kids are spending the weekend with us, so (1) I'll not be posting this weekend, and (2) they are looking forward to sleeping on their bunk beds, and (3) we will be at one or more museums this weekend! All and all not a bad thing... Still would like to finish the "Pig" before Sunday...

Pig is now going to be an applique as I fought and fought with the paper piecing project and lost too much time in the course of those two and a half days not sewing. Now I'll be doing some 'hand sewing' of which I know there are a few people laughing at me right about now...

In between appointments, food shopping, and (I hope) trips to my Mom's, I should be able to do a little bit more sewing... We shall see...

Thanks for joining me :)

Ciao for now!
J :)

Pig Project

It has been very tough trying to get the paper pieced pig to come out correctly. I have started about five and not one is done... Time to move on and find another picture of a pig!

My very good friends P & P drove down from New Hampshire today to visit. It was great to see them! Off to a tailor supply shop in Dorchester, stop for coffee (we do like our coffee) and then back here to do a little bit of chatting and sewing. They left just as it started to rain... before the heavy rain started. I really need to do a road trip north to visit them.

Back to Project Pig, I found a cute paper piece of a pig!

Then...

I found a Dutch paper piece of a pig!

 

Back to the sewing machine... pictures to follow soon...

Thanks for stopping by!

Ciao for now :)

J :)

Paper Piecing...

I have been thinking of a very special "Quick Quilt" for a family friend who is very ill. Her favorite 'thing' to collect is Pigs. Put them together... and I have an issue... I don't have any Pig fabric!

So I'll create something...

1st off I had to find a pig...off to Google "Pigs" and then "Piglets"

Just one or two of what I got...

 



 



Just a few pigs... So what did I end up with?
This is the one that I am going to paper piece a few and patchwork the rest of the quilt

 It has taken a lot of time today to work this out on the EQ7 program that I have. I had never done anything like this before. 

So now to raid my stash for pink fabrics as I know that I do not have any pig fabric... then again, I could print a few pigs out... but that would not be as soft as the paper piecing will be and that is more important than pictures.

Thank you for joining me :) Hope you have enjoyed your coffee/tea/hot chocolate and break with me...

Ciao for now  :)

J :)