Wednesday work in progress.

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Today was a day off and I had hoped to take Scamp for a walk over the common but the weather just wasn't cooperating. The day is cold and very wet so I decided that it was better for Scamp to stay home and have play time indoors. However I did venture out as I had a few errands to run. I needed stamps and some craft bits for our Rainbow meeting this evening. By the time I got home I was cold and wet and in need of something to cheer me up. What better way than getting out my sewing. The next round on my compass quilt is star blocks but before I can do that I needed to cut all the borders. The star and flying geese borders use all the fabrics left after all the other borders have been cut. When I looked again at the pattern I'd already got a lot done but I needed to cut the green narrow borders before moving on. Cutting the green borders didn't take long and I was able to move on to cutting the centre of the stars. That's when Picasso decided it would be fun to sit with his tail across my cutting board. Whichever way I turned he re positioned himself to put his tail in the cutting line.

In the end I played with him for a while and commiserated with him about the weather. He loves to be outdoors during the day and he was most upset. I finished cutting the star block centres (the two lots of squares) and the narrow green border strips. Next I need to trim the four small compass blocks to 8 and half inches square. After that I need to cut the pile of fabrics on the left for the star blocks.

I could be cutting for some time and thankfully Picasso has gone out as the rain has stopped for a while. I have 20 blocks to cut before I start sewing. and I need to remember that I need alternate light and dark backgrounds.

Whilst I was taking photos I decided to show you these cute fabrics Lucy gave me last night. She was near our local quilt shop and popped in to see if there was anything I'd like.  I love them all particularly the one with the sewing machine on it. I have been meaning to make a cover for my machine and now I have the perfect fabrics.

Last night John and Richard were both out and I'd hoped to have a quiet evening watching a good film and getting on with stitching Millicent, the latest bag lady. Sadly the phone kept ring and in the en I gave up with the stitching and film, just watched the news and went to bed. Maybe this evening I'll have a chance to do some stitching when I get home from Guides.

So now I'm going to get back to my cutting. I should be able to get most of it done today.

Lyndsey