BIG WORK DAY--

I put my foot to the pedal today!!!!
I was 2 blocks behind in the Snowflake mystery quilt--
by the Fat quarter shop--
and Block 2 looked like a lot of work--
but I was determined to 'bite that bullet' --
and put my head down and do them--

we had to make '8' of these blocks with '4' of these flying geese strips--
on each block--that's a lot of flying geese!!!!
but with that new tape for a guide on my machine
instead of having to mark all those 2 1/2" squares--
I had all the flying geese stitched in an hour--
and even stitched across the corners a second time to get his 'pile'--

There is 128 here to be pressed and squared up into 1 1/2" squares--
and later in the afternoon I added 8 more in green and white--
Can't wait to see what I can come up with these 'extra' squares!!???

after each square was done-
we also sewed a solid white strip to each one--
seeing I used a print for the center of each one--
I had to really think about where that white strip should go--
top or bottom on some, and right or left side on some!!
now when we get the finishing of the top
 we will see if I figured it out right!!

Once these 8 were done--
I still had time to get some more done--
so did block 3 --(already had all the parts cut)
these I did in green--

and I was real careful which way I stitched the half square triangles on each end of
 the lighter green--
only after I had them all sewed--
did I see--
I had done them wrong--

I sewed the strips correctly--but then when I sewed them to the rest of the block
I turned them wrong--
am I going to change them--
don't think so--
but I will have to wait to see step 4 to decide??????

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I had one comment yesterday about my family moving away-
and it said--
that you shouldn't move for family--
cause they always move away!!!

and you would of thought that I would of learned that years ago--
When I moved down here in 1988 the first time--
I came down cause my lil sister had moved down here and she said-
"we will never move back to NY"
so after she was here for a 18 months--down my son and I came--
plus I knew I would still get to see my parents a few times every winter--
though they camped over on the west coast!!
Well-- I was here for only 18 months when my lil sister and her family moved
back to NY and a year or so later my parents stopped coming to Fl for the winters!!!

But for what ever reason--
Florida is in my heart--(same as it was for my Dad!)
so here I am--
and right now--
we can't really be with family, much, cause of this Covid thing--
so--
even if I do mess up some blocks sewing--
I do have my sewing to keep me company!!!
Along with some very lovely blog friends--

So Bless you all--stay safe and keep reading the blog sites and commenting--
you just might make someone's day a bit brighter!!
luv, di