African August

In the nick of time, I have managed an African block (actually two, one for Kate and one for me) for my one-on-one swap with Kate.



What I like about this swap is I get to try things out. I had wanted to make a Bento Box quilt in browns, but after making these two Bento Blocks I have decided an entire quilt is definitely not for me. Straight piecing like this can sometimes require more thought than foundation-piecing or perhaps I've just got my paper-piecing enthusiasm back.

And I was pretty tired tonight so I had a wee little unpicking to do on one (or two!) seams as I wasn't concentrating properly. Losing my sewing room has also been a bit of disruption on the making of this block as I had started it a while ago and couldn't find what I'd done... not under the bed, not anywhere!! (What am I saying? Losing my sewing room is absolutely awful, not just a disruption!!!)

I get so distracted...

I was meant to be working on my brown strips.. They are going to be Bento Boxes or something. I can't decide, I guess that's why I'm not working on them...

Then I started working on these..

(Note the little person who kept grabbing them!) They are from Bonnie's wonderful Quiltville site and are called Pineapple Blossom
Lots of people have done wonderful versions of these and it's a fun block to make plus it's using up almost all of my butterfly fabrics that were just sitting in my stash making me feel quilty.

But then I signed up to make Maple Leaves for a BlockBuddy Swap. These are already cut and in rows ready to be put together so no pictures yet.

But while I was doing those I wanted to make someone special a block...


But then I realised the reason I can't focus is because of all my mess and clutter in my life, so I started tidying my spaces. Why does it always look so much worse before it looks better???