Last night and this morning I made some progress on my hour glass quilt that will be the raffle quilt for the music school in June. I got all the rows sewn together. In the next few weeks I’ll be basting, quilting and binding this one.
I didn’t enjoy making this as much as I thought I would because the wonky bias edges drove me to insanity. I used a precut layer cake and as I pieced this together, it seemed as though everything was lining up right but then it didn’t. This quilt won’t win any awards for perfect points for sure. My next precut quilt is going to be the Love Notes quilt and I know there are some bias edge issues with it as I have been forewarned by Torie (Twilter) who has already made this quilt. I’ll have to be extra careful with it and use sizing on the patches. Do you all find precuts difficult to work with sometimes?
I came across a great article about cutting back on screen time. It was written by Stephanie Nickel for Christian Editing Services. It’s called Why I Want To Go Screen Free…At Least Now and Then. Click here to read the article.
I could definitely identify with Stephanie’s feelings of thinking she’s missing out on something if she isn’t checking her email, text messages, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts! Checking those items is like having the mailman come to your house a hundred times a day! There are definitely so many things to look at and look up and learn about. I really love those aspects of today’s technology. I can’t tell you how many times I have to look up things my kids have inquired about…it’s a real life saver some days! What I don’t love about instant technology is the feeling that cyberspace has more to offer than the physical people and items in our lives (like paper books). As Stephanie points out, it’s a feeling that if someone is constantly texting and surfing in your presence, maybe you aren’t interesting enough to pay attention to. No one wants to feel that way or inflict that upon someone else. Of course there are those moments when my head is overloaded from dealing with people that I just want to relax and surf the internet reading blogs and catching up with my cyber friends on Twitter or Facebook. I guess it’s a delicate balance and certainly one to think about!
Sandi
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3 responses to “Monday Progress & Screen Time”
I always enjoy your blog, Sandi. Thanks!
I wrote a big long comment and then had some trouble with your password. This time I will cut and paste and send you an email, if I have trouble again!
I don’t use a lot of pre-cuts, though the packaging is VERY tempting. If I buy pre-cuts, I buy layer cakes, charm packs and mini-charm packs. I also don’t like the mess they make. I am working on the Love Notes/You’ve Got Mail pattern and trimming those pinked edges leaves fluff everywhere. ERGH!
Using the Missouri Star Quilt Company’s tutorial on making HSTs leaves a lot of bias, as you know. I have found that Mary Ellen’s Best Press is my friend with that technique. I spray the two charms (print and background) and press after I sew around the edge. Then I cut the charm on the diagonal in quarters and spray each piece with MEBP again before I press the HST open. This makes the HSTs a little stiff, but I get much better precision.
your hourglass quilt looks pretty good from where I’m sitting. Really pretty.
And I know what you mean with screens. I used to hate the tv running in the background when I visited people but now it’s texting or email that drives me crazy!