Distracted

So yesterday at lunch I bought the new Sweet Valley confidential book and read the whole thing.
it was good... back to quilting tonight...

Workin on it

Today I got all of the strips I had cut into squares.
however, I am a few squares short... so tomorrow I will cut more strips and more squares.
but I'm making progress...
this means, squares done tuesday, circle cutting starts wednesday...

half-productive

Well this weekend I only managed to get 1/2 of what I wanted done.
which is 1/2 of the quilts squares for the first quilt cut out.
but I got some of the laundry done, enough to keep me over until next week, and I got almost all of the dishes done... and I am almost caught up on my TV watching... lol...
notice I did not actually accomplish anything I set out to do this weekend.
ugh
so through out this week I plan to work hard at work, and make sure everything is in line there and then I plan to cut a lot at home so I can get all of the squares cut out this week. at this rate I will not be done with six quilts by Christmas especially since summer is coming and I'm sure my desire to stay inside will be zero...

Practice Makes Perfect

Well, I took a quick break from quilting this weekend to cook corned beef and potatoes, and do a little vegging out with the husband...
but today I'm back at it....
and the 4th practice square is what I was looking for!
I cut the circle part a little bigger than I needed to, and had to trim it, but its the first one that wasn't too short :D
so off to cutting the real fabric now! yikes

Almost

Last night I tried it out.
I think I need to make my circle a little bigger and then try again, I got a little pucker too. I will need to work that out tonight, with another practice one...

Circles and Squares

So... now that I have all the right utensils to cut circles out of squares...
now how do I sew circles back into squares? where I get the seam allowance is confusing me...

Cutting the Perfect Circle.

I have been doing some research, how do you cut the perfect circle.
there are two options, get a stencil and then draw a line and cut on the line, or get a protractor like deal that does it for you.
Knowing how my protractor skills were back in the day in math class, I have decided that maybe a combination of both tools will be helpful,
thankfully I have two coupons and I will be visiting Joann Fabrics tomorrow after work with both.
Then Washing and ironing shall commence again...