I was just going to make the block, but then it looked too small for a mug rug (big enough for a mug, but not for a little plate with a goodie on it), so I added a square piece of matching fabric to one side, and actually quilted and bound it yesterday (picture in the current folder). I also made 5 blocks for the Thimblecreek mystery.
Fun and colorful, and Dutchman's Puzzle has always been one of my favorite blocks. I even enjoyed making the strippy flying geese!
I also did some work on a project for a friend (sewing velcro on a table cover, to prevent slippage). Now I have to figure out how to get dog slobber off his felt table cover... sigh.. I DO love my St. Bernards.
Also, I found time today to make Pat Sloan's 'Childhood Games - Monopoly' block (#8 in the sew-along series). Even though I really hate pink, I wanted to use cat fabric and this was the first directional one I found in one of my cat fabric bins.
Last night, I re-counted my hexagons for my hex quilt, and discovered I only had 789. I thought I was up in the 800's already, very disappointing. I need 990 (an educated guess at the number needed for a california king bed - they are big hexagons). So I will have to cut more cat fabrics up... and I'm not sure if I have enough cat fabrics left to avoid repeating pictures in the hexies. I may have to ... *gulp* ... buy more cat fabric. I've been trying to not do that, sigh. Not that there's anything wrong with buying more cat fabric, but I'm trying to maintain a budget here. A lot of fabric is not in that budget and what there was, I already spent on Tula Pink's new fabrics for a challenge quilt. What to do? - other than sew up more hexagons with the cat hexes I've already cut... (I think I've got about 20 or so more to make before I run out).
At least, if I run out of cat hexes, I will still have plenty to do with all the mysteries and sew-alongs... Hope you are all keeping busy and healthy... Stay well.
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