Beginning the Retro Apron....

I found these left over 5" squares from a previous project and decided that I would go ahead and try making the patchwork apron in this book. I really want to buy the Fresh Squeezed charm pack and the accent fabric, but I can't wait! These are lovely fabrics, well loved and used in a two other projects, so I figure the leftovers deserve to be used up.


I realized that when I began to sew the rows together, I had sewn two blocks in the wrong order, whoops! I fixed it and it is right now. My only complaint about this pattern is that the pattern pieces in the book are on both sides of the paper. So, if I want to make more than one apron in the book, which I do, then I have to go to the store and get some tissue paper to make an extra pattern. I will have to work more on this later. In the mean time, I am going to finish quilting a quilt that I started about 1 1/2 years ago and do the binding on another quilt. Good things will happen!

Quilting.....

I am actually going to get this project done today! You know, blogging is kind of like getting to quilt with my friends. I miss that so much. After we left Ketchikan, AK I never found another group of ladies to quilt with. There wasn't a quilt store, guild or even a quilting bee in Vermillion, SD where we moved to next. Now we are in Vero Beach, FL and tonight I finally get to quilt with other quilters! Yeah, I am so excited. I don't know what to bring to work on. The main idea is to go and make friends so I don't want to work on anything to difficult. So maybe I will bring things to cut for future projects. I get to sew at home so I wont feel like I am missing out on anything. Thanks for helping me to think it through.