My camera and my computer are having a major fight. They are no longer speaking to each other! It is so frustrating. I may have to hire a mediator to get them back together. It has taken me hours to try and figure out how to download the last 4 or 5 pictures of quilts and blocks from the camera to the correct file to be able to use it here on my blog. I wanted to quickly share these finished blocks before I put them in the mail on Monday (today if I can find time to make it to the post office between school and volleyball) These are the latest blocks from a quilt group called Bee Balm. There are 12 women in this group and we each have a month. When it is your time, you are to tell the group what block you would like made and the group makes and sends you those blocks. Most of the time, the recipient has sent some or most of the fabric for the blocks and you just need to add a bit to make it more unique. So far, we have done blocks for February through August which these are for August. This group is about half from the U. S.(Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, Maryland, Kentucky, Mississippi) and half that are international (Canada, New Zealand and Australia), give or take one or two. It has been interesting so far seeing the various choices. These blocks are going to be used in a chevron quilt. The owner sent each of us 4 - 5 inch squares and requested we use 5 - 5 inch squares to make the bright 9 patch. She also sent the dark fabric, which is a dark gray with small black dots on it. She has already done several blocks herself and posted them on our blog, Bee Balm. I just went over there and several people have already posted their blocks. I will be posting over there soon, also. This is another great idea for a quilt. I have so many right now, I don't know what to work on next.
I do know the first thing I need to do is get another rotary cutter. I am still using the first rotary cutter I ever purchased - it's my favorite - and the center screw is getting loose which is making the blade wobble a bit (not much so don't worry) it just sometimes doesn't cut the fabric and I have to go back over it again and again. It's not the blade. I thought that at first and have changed the blade a couple of times. I have also taken the metal locking thingy (that is a technical term) off and bending it a bit more - I felt that the problem might be that it had flattened out too much. That wasn't the problem either. Last night I took it all apart again (15th time) and really examined each part and the wobbly bit was the center post/screw. I might could put some E6000 in there and stabilize it (which I will probably do eventually), but I think I will splurge (with a 40% off coupon) on another rotary. This is not the only rotary I have. I have 3. This one, a small one and one that you have to hold in to get the blade to come out and work. (I will google a picture) I really don't like this one, but it would work if I could find it. I have moved it somewhere away from the usual place it rests. Oh, well, shopping fun! Except, I can't purchase any fabric. I bought sooooo much this summer that I have limited myself to NO FABRIC in September. (okay, I might purchase some at the retreat at the end of this month, but only if I really, really have to have it. Last year, I didn't purchase any so I know I can control this addiction - a little)
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