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| Doesn't Oren look thrilled? He had a bad allergy attack Tuesday and he's very grouchy in his recovery of it... I did make Emma's shirt. I'll show it in the next day or so. |
I have some secret sewing going on for a very special sister who celebrated her birthday yesterday! I did tell her yesterday, but for the blog, Happy Birthday Carrie!!!!
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| Do you think we look alike? Growing up, people didn't believe we were sisters. They said we looked nothing alike... |
But I've also been working on some do. Good projects. Ronit asked for triangle-in-a-triangle blocks this month. We each made 3 since they are smaller than the average 12.5 inch block. Here are my 3.
Plus, I've finally gotten over my sewing block with the tilted square sashing for my do.Good Stitches quilt from December (gasp!). I've got all 20 blocks sashed on top and bottom and am now sashing up the sides. Another thing Chris finds amusing is my lack of ability to "see" math. What I mean is, for the life of me, I have a hard time looking at something and figuring out how make it happen...like how big of pieces to cut or how to cut them...How to sew tilted sashing onto 20 squares to get them to tilt back and forth...how to estimate how big of pieces I will need and then how I still get it wrong after I measure 3 times before I cut once. It's a wonder I love quilting with all of the math involved... I tell him that kindergarten teachers only need to add and subtract to 10, so I let all of that geometry go...
But here are the squares in progress...I'm hoping to make significant progress on this one in the next week and my goal is to have it done by Easter...I'm up again to be the quilter and choose the quilt in May, so it would be nice to be done by then, huh? ;)
Chris and I are dropping the kids off with Aunt Carrie tonight for a date night...rare occurrence around here and we're looking forward to it! Hunger Games here we come!! I hope y'all are having a great week as well, and if I don't check in again, I'll be back next week with regularly-scheduled programming. :)
Oh Kelli, you crack me up! I have that same inability to "see" math. I have to just cut the fabric and see how it is going to look to see if it works, not use my math skills to figure it out. I am definitely a hands-on learner! You and your sister are both beautiful, but I would agree with the people who say you don't really look alike. I don't look anything like my sister, either. Glad you are having a fun spring break!
ReplyDeleteToo funny! I get my calculator-My younger brother-to do the math for me. When I'm cutting at the ironing board I'll often be asking him to add numbers for me! He is a math whiz! Love the look of those blocks! The hearts look so cool! =D
ReplyDeleteHa ha!
ReplyDeleteNo, you two look nothing alike. At least in this photo. I grew up being constantly asked if my sister and I are twins. We're two years apart. Now they ask that of Carter and Emma, who are also two years apart. Several years ago I was at the mall and walked into a store and the clerk says, Back so soon? I was confused, since that was the first time I had been in there in years. I called my sister when I got home and asked if she had been at the mall. Yep. I asked what she was wearing and it was something similar. Apparently we had crossed paths without realizing it and the sales clerk thought I was stalking the store. Too funny.
Glad you are having a good week!
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I are similar to you - she is tall, thin, blonde, big hoohoos {naturally} and thick hair. I'm short, FAT, just kidding -LOL- but short, small hoohoos, brown hair, thin hair, big round butt. If we didn't laugh and talk exactly the same, no one would believe us either.
ReplyDeleteI love the traingle in the middle! And of course you have way too many thoughts going on in your crafty breain to know everything, like cerise :)
ReplyDeleteJenny