I've been plugging away at Mr F's quilt at night, and realising that I probably can't make all the squares meet up perfectly. This really does bother me! I have to keep telling myself, I'm not making it to be judged, it's just for a two year old who won't care.
The quilt will be my main project for a while it seems, so I'm going to have to post some of my past stuff.
I'm actually missing knitting at the moment. Living in Queensland is it is just too hot to knit in the warmer months. Which is most of the year. It's particularly sad as knitting is probably the craft I enjoy most (big call, I know). It's just so portable and something I can do at times during the day around the kids. And baby things are really quick to make up. Like this little set, done in April/ May...
The knitting of the cardigan pieces took me two days, just knitting when I had the chance during the day, and not staying up late at night. When I had a new baby who hardly slept during the day. It was just so satisfying to get something done! Sewing in the middle of the night just does not seem as therapeutic.
The lovely baby quilt is by my Mum, featuring several fabrics used for dresses and skirts for me over the years. Actually, her squares seem to meet up very well!
I know what you mean about matching up squares. I made the mistake of using a large check for the back of my quilt and of course none of my quilting stitching is perfectly straight which the check fabric makes only too obvious!
ReplyDeleteStill it will probably get wee-ed on or thrown up on at least once in its lifetime so I don't think it matters too much in the long run.
Have fun sewing.