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Hmmm… When I see how long it’s been since my last post, it seems I should have a lot more done than I do. Here’s one reason why I am behind.

Ludo, the mischievous is always sleeping where I need to work. He’s either on the cutting mat when there’s material on it, or hopping up on my chair at the sewing machine when I get up to iron or cut something.

Thank you all for the comments on the double wedding ring quilts and the musical scrappy blocks. I have solved my issues with the blocks I didn’t like in the musical scrappy. I’ve spent one whole day just squaring up more half square triangles so I can get more blocks done for that quilt.

About double wedding ring quilts. . . there are several people who have technique books out with plastic template sets for doing them with rotary cutters and strip piecing methods. The class I took was helpful but not essential to making a DWR. The only thing I would recommend is not the let your enthusiasm and momentum lag while putting the top together. I wish I had completed the top all at once because it is a hard project to come back to.

I did make an unplanned detour to a sewing project that I had my list, took off the list and then decided to go ahead and do. I’ve had upholstery material to cover the pillows on the back of my couch for probably 2 years now. The couch was given to us and I never liked the southwest motif (and colors!) on the pillows.

(Edit: 27 December 2008: Hmmm, it seems this picture has disappeared. . .)

Looking at the picture, I forgot that I was going to cover the pillows with fabric that had an English cottage look to it (inexpensive Wal*Mart fabric). The small pillow is already covered but I didn’t buy enough of that fabric before our Wal*Mart stopped carrying it. Anyway, I was thinking of giving away the upholstery fabric (more inexpensive Wal*Mart fabric) I had purchased, but on a whim, I threw it over the couch one last time. . . I decided it looks so much better than the southwest pillows. I spent a couple days working on making covers for the old pillows. Here’s the result:

I actually like my couch now. It doesn’t look so sad and shabby any more. (Maybe just because all the pillows are coordinated now! LOL)

Finally, I’ve started cutting the FQs for Nathan and Koren’s quilt. I’m not kidding myself here by thinking I’m actually going to have this one done before their wedding on 1 March. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll have the top done. I’ve also concluded that a trip to the LQS is in order as I need fabric for binding for my pink and burgundy quilt, fabric for backing and binding my DWR and I’ll need backing and binding for Nathan and Koren’s quilt. That will all have to wait until my income tax check comes.