Saturday, February 23, 2013

Friday Night Sew In

Handmade by Heidi
 
Not to be confused with my Finish It Friday:)
 
Heidi at Handmade by Heidi has been doing this Friday Night Sew-In for a while. I started joining in off and on about a year ago, but haven't participated for several months. I thought this would be a good time for me to work on a couple of my sewing projects off my '52 in 52' goals list. I am wanting to get a quilt done for us, a couple smaller quilts to give away and a couple dolls or teddy bears to give away at some point this year. So I decided, since it was already started I would work on the quilt for us. Actually this was a project that I had originally started with my first 'Friday Night Sew-In' post:)
 
 
I started out with 4 rows already sewn up. This project probably hasn't been touched for over 6 months now:) I don't know how many times I've mentioned my high frustration levels while machine sewing, but it just isn't one of my favorite things. I did have some sweets by my side to help with the process, and I limited myself to 10-20 min sections of time, which seemed to help quite a bit.

 
I ended up with 7 1/2 rows, so I almost doubled my previous progress. The only reason I stopped there is that I needed to cut more fabric. So my plan is to have lots more fabric already cut and ready to go before the next Friday Night Sew-In - which will be March 22nd. Maybe I can double my progress again:)

6 comments:

lynn cockrell said...

Your quilt looks like it's coming right along. Can't wait to see the finished project!

Katherine said...

Visiting from FNSI and love the fabrics you are using for your blocks. You have some beautiful projects on your blog too.

Jennie said...

Looks like you made good progress!

Unknown said...

Visiting from FNSI - Looks like good progress, keep at it... I find cups of tea and the occasional tussle with the dog are also good for breaking uo those intesive sewing sessions. :)

cucki said...

wow looking so nice xx

Jenniffier said...

Visiting from FNSI - progress is looking good!