Piecing Progress

   I made a lot of progress piecing on the Rainbow Row Robin today after a back track and a side step.  The red row was made by me and I must apologize to those that received mine. I made a couple of variations so the other 5 people in my group may not have one just like the one I kept for myself.  It started out like this:

 

The placement of the hearts and the single block next to them bothered me so I unsewed to change that.  Then I was not happy with the white.  It did not seem to fit with the other strips so I used the microwave to overdye the strip with light tan using liquid Rit dye. I am much more pleased.  All the strips are together so the border will be next.

I'd Rather Be Piecing

    Today I still was not in the mood to sandwich and quilt on the twin size quilt so I pulled out a different UFO to work on.   In 2009 our local guild had a Rainbow Row Robin so each participant ended up with 6 rows of different colors and they are also very different in style.   Here are the 6 I have.   My own red row bothered me so much I had to go back and change it.  I still don't like something about it ( I think the white is too stark a contrast) so I'm still trying to figure out how to fix it.

     I have a plan in mind to put them together so spent time cutting a collection of squares in the rainbow colors.  I hope it will be enough to help them form a more cohesive quilt.  I’m still playing with the row order. 

You know how it is when several different people make blocks.  Some rows needed a little adjusting so all would be the same length of 36 ½” unfinished.  That is as far as I got today.  More piecing will have to wait until tomorrow.

More Finger Puppets

    After speaking with my granddaughter I decided to take the afternoon to make some more finger puppets.  One book I found suggested simple stories for use with finger puppets so I had been thinking about making  three little pigs and the wolf.  I just whipped stitched the edges this time instead of doing a neater blanket stitch. I don't think  my granddaughter can tell the difference.   Here they are.