I'm starting the week out well with getting the two snail's trail blocks and two of the Rhododendron blocks done as part of my required blocks for the week. It doesn't seem like much, but the paper piece blocks take quite a while to sew, fold back paper, trim seam allowance, place the next piece and sew some more. I'm happy to say, that I am further along with the Rhododendron blocks, than I thought I was. I counted and I only have ten more blocks to do! Whoohooo!!!
After I decided to quit for the evening, I went upstairs to relax some. That's when I saw the temperature block sitting there, pinned and ready to appliqué. Just to keep this real and to explain the situation with the less then perfect picture. I don't have a bunch of fancy equipment. I take the pictures where I am, at the time of day it happens to be, and with no staging. The block below is on a banana pillow, that I put on my lap to support my wrist, while I do hand appliqué.
This is why the block looks all wavy....lol....and to add to this, if I want to do appliqué in the evening in my chair, I have to turn on the floor lamp, which is the yellow tone of light on the right hand side and the extra Ottlite daytime table lamp, which is the white tone of light on the left.....lol. Then if I need to write up my evening post on my computer and the battery runs low, I need to unplug one of the lights to plug in the computer....lol. Oh, boy...confession time or what! I didn't realize how ridiculous/pathetic I have it set up, until now....lol. Going to have to do something about my set up.
If anyone has any suggestions for lighting and how you store or put aside your work until you want to work on it again later, please share your best practices (pictures would be nice too). At the moment the side of my chair looks like an unkept mess of various handwork items that I am working on. They're all laying on my footstool. Looks like an accident waiting to happen....lol. There must be a better system..... Let me know!
Take care everyone.
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