Sewing, Sewing, Sewing

 It occurred to me, when it came time to trim those units, that I should be using the Martelli ergonomic cutter to minimise the risk of damaging my wrist again. So I trimmed them carefully over a couple of days, and no wrist problems. I can be really thick sometimes. The Olfa cutter is fine for cutting strips, it's the trimming that causes problems, So now I know I'd better swap cutters for the fiddly stuff.

Everything requires trimming 😩

On my trip to Spotlight I bought a Fiskars cutter since they were at a deep discount, so I'll see if I like that brand. I think it's useless to ask other people if I would like something, much better to just buy it and see if it suits me. We're all different, and we think differently. I've always liked experimenting.

I sewed in every available bit of spare time and all the blocks are finished. Now to join them into a top and complete the Flying Geese border. I saw someone's finished top, with a lilac border on the outside and it looked wonderful, so I plan to add that to my quilt.

We were off to Jamestown yesterday to pick up tops from our friend, and while I waited for Mereth to get to my place I sat at the sewing machine and pieced 50 HSTs for my leader enders project. I could have been reading more blogs, but instead I made a handy amount of units. I need to remember that next time I have to decide whether to sew or do a bit more scrolling. 

I have enough units now for 17 8.5" blocks; I think I need at least 64 for a decent size quilt, so there's a long way to go yet. It will use up a satisfying amount of scraps, which is the aim of the game.