All Stitched Down

Block one of sixteen is complete, and I love how it looks. It's my plan to get started on the next one this evening after I'm done in the kitchen.

I've spritzed the blue marking lines and given it a gentle press:

And here is the back, you can see my imperfect stitches!

I'm surprised the hand stitching took as long as it did, I was sure I'd have it done in only a couple of days, but this has been quite a busy week for various reasons. I've made macarons a couple of times in the last few days - one of the times for the quilting ladies on Thursday - and I'm actually baking some right now too. I'll share some pictures of them on Friday next week.

Another thing I put together this week was a new tennis skirt:

With each garment sewing project I'm learning a lot. And one of the things I'm learning is that it's hard to work with stripes on an overlocker! This skirt has some imperfections also, but I'm improving each time I make something new. This skirt was an instant download pattern from Thread Faction, and it has a few options for different styles.

I'll have to close off here quickly, as the guys have come home with Pho for dinner so it's time to dash! Chatter soon! xox