Sew I See!

  This "ta-da" has been a long time coming, so I don't really have much to say about it...   I started by making string blocks on the treadle.  (Wanting to sew strings on the Minnesota treadle was the whole reason for starting this project.)  I then transformed these string blocks into HSTs (two HST blocks per original string block) with a plain white background.  A stitch-and-flip HST to the other corner of sixteen of these blocks is what makes the scrappy on-point squares in the center of each star.  The layout is easy enough to see.  I added some sashing and borders of background fabric, then topped it off with a simple string-pieced border on just the top and bottom of the quilt.   I pieced a backing from a couple of flannel prints, then free-motion quilted the whole thing with easy swirls.  The final touch was a scrappy binding.   That about covers it.  It's just an easy string-star quilt.  The "exploded" element (huge stars on a white background) feels

Well, clearly I haven't done a good job of keeping up with craft blogging!  I'm busier these days, but the problem really isn't that I don't have the time.  I waste time online each and every day, reading things that at best bore me and at worst leave me in a worse mood.   I have other things I "should" be doing, yet I still end up drawn into the black hole of time-wasting on the Internet.  I'd feel guilty just saying, "You know what?  I'm really just not going to organize my closet or scrub the shower today.  Yes, there are weeds, but I'm not going to do any weeding right now, either.  I'm going to sew/quilt/doodle/blog!"  It's easier to just sit at the laptop and allow myself to pour minute after minute into time-wasting online, rather than committing to shirking duty 😁 by investing my "wasted" time in something I'd actually enjoy.   Some pointless Internet scrolling is okay, but after a certain point, I'm ju