Thursday, February 18, 2021

Blocks can be tricky. Some are easily pieced and the colour selection for them is obvious. Some are harder to make but once they are done I’m glad I made them. Some teach me a new method and for some I have a tried and true method I use for a particular technique. Some in the Splendid Sampler series seem to have been created to use as many pieces as possible in a six inch block.

I’m working on cards today. My usual method is to pull a number from the Splendid Sampler tin and, without thinking about it too much, make that particular block for the person on my list. Late yesterday afternoon I pulled a ticket and although I didn’t like the picture I gave it a try. I changed up the colours a bit but when I finished it today there was no way I could use it for a card. And how is that name supposed to translate into anything in the pattern? I’ll save it to practice some of my quilting moves on.

The next number I pulled was a very complicated pattern; I didn’t even put it back in the tin. The second one I pulled involved some hand stitching so I set it aside to use for a card that is due later next month. On the third try I pulled a card that I thought was suitable and it is finished; the second card I worked on today was also one that worked on the first pull.

Pat is entrusting me with supper tonight – Stuffed Peppers. He’s been telling me all day how to do it, even though I told him I was using my own recipe. He keeps making suggestions and I keep telling him I’m using my own recipe. His excuse was “I know how much you like cooking” and my response was “And I hate it even more when you tell me how to do it”. I hope they turn out!