September is an Ugly Month

Hey Blog Buddies,

Hope you had a great weekend.  Between all the made-from-scratch leftovers that my friend Joyce sent with us on Thursday (yum!) and the stitching/sewing I got done, it was a good one for me.

First up, as you might expect from the title, is Crabby All Year's September.  Yes, it is ugly, but that's why I like it because all of Crabby's months are ugly in some form!

There was a lot of stitching with this one,

between the bag of leaves and the large pile of

(you guessed it) leaves.

I just placed the buttons on top

to pretty it up a bit and so that

you can see what the finished product

will look like.

I'm sure that there are parts of the world

where all the leaves fall off the trees in September,

but here in northern Illinois it's more like

late October/early November.

However, the ladies have something different planned

for those months.

While I was plugging away at September,

I was also busy cutting fabric for my quilt.

I finished that task, much to my surprise,

and thought I'd start out with sewing a small block.

The plan is to crease the two pieces down the middle,

line up the creases and pin.

The first two pieces:

sew the two curved sides together.

Hahahahahaaaaaaaa!

They suggest using the one-pin method,

but that didn't work for me.

I need three pins, one in the middle

and one on each end.

I'm acquainted with many people

who could whip this out in the blink of an eye.

I am not one of them.

But I did get a block finished:

Not really perfect, but kinda close.

For me, this is as good as it gets.

If all my blocks turn out like this,

I'll be a happy camper.

The  construction of the above block took a long time--

and a lot of stress.

I only had to rip out two seams.

My goal is one per day, until I reach seven.

Then, it's on to the larger pieces.

In the meantime, I plan to start another stitching project

from my 2012 list.

It's the hand embroidery that will keep me sane.

Until next time,

thanks for visiting!