Roosters
This week three sets of Dresden sunflowers arrived
Hi everyone, This week I was luck to receive Dresden sunflower blocks from Julie, Debbie and Robin. They are all lovely. Many thanks Margaret
Read MoreMailed Margaret’s blocks on 11/3
Just One
Just one for me so far. I’m not fond of paper-piecing but this was pretty easy. I’ll have Thurs. and Fri. off next weekend so maybe I’ll get a few more made as well as my chickens for...
Read MoreBack online (again)
I don’t want to drag everyone through my internet saga, but … after the local phone company re-connected my DSL, it was so slow as to be unusable, so I called the cable company and had to wait 2 1/2 weeks for a Saturday appointment. This weekend, I was finally able to sit down and sew after something like 3 months. I wish I could tell those of you having printing problems how to resolve them … but, for whatever reason, I...
Read MoreOne Red Hen
November Rooster
One bold rooster made at Elizabeth’s house in her “chicken coop” with a view of stormy weather coming in across the Lake and rain hitting the windows. I may get time to do more, as I love these blocks. Increased the original pattern by 123% to get a 6.5 x 6.5...
Read MoreBold Rooster
Three packages of sunflower Dresden blocks arrived DownUnder
Hi everyone, This week brought me 3 envelopes of sunflower blocks from Nann, Maree and Barb. Thank you so much, they are great. Best wishes Margaret
Read More6 roosters from CA
I’ve been doing paper piecing for years, but I still made every mistake in the book on these… mostly just not paying attention to how I put the 3 sections together. I think they’ve all got combs and tails in the right place now! Julie...
Read MoreAnother bright rooster
I enjoyed making the first two so I made a third one, all for the draw. I unpicked the tail four times… and then chopped it off by mistake, so had to sew a fifth time! I am not sure why that suddenly was a problem… maybe just a bit tired. I am keeping my fingers crossed this month! Karen...
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