Birds and Socks

This week has been pretty free of obligations,

so it's been quiet and slow.

The night before last I needed to just cut and sew something.

I had pulled out a pile of fabrics I had used to make this quilt

so I could fold them and put them away.

Instead of folding, I started cutting and sewing.

I had some 2 1/2" strips cut already, so sewed up both sides of a pair of strips

and used one of my triangle rulers to cut them into HST's.

 

When using this method, there are a couple of threads to pop

at the top of the triangle once the sides are cut.

They come apart very easily.

 

Open up the triangle, press

and you have a half square triangle.

 

 

I played around with a design with the HST's and

decided to make pinwheels.

 

 

In my stash I found this piece of toile with birds.

 

The blocks are all pieced and waiting for borders.

I'm thinking of just a plain outer border, but will leave

it hanging on my design wall for a bit to see

what else might come to mind.

It felt so good to just sew and sew yesterday.

 

I've had some knitting time during the last couple of weeks

and finished two pair of socks.

These were made with Socks that Rock yarn

and were given to a friend.

 

My sister brought this sock yarn back from Massachussetts for me.

It is so soft!
These will be for me!

Happy Quilting!

(and knitting!)