This Southern Flying Dutchman Heads North

Now I can totally feel good about commenting on the Bee Blog again!  April and May swept by me in a flurry of work with not much creative time.  Then there was the issue of locating Amy's envelope under a mountain of mail!  Success, though, last week when I made a final push through my office and opened, read, filed, and shred every last piece of paper in here.  Exhausting!  But my husband and accountant are happy.  Nothing like necessary numbers required for a child's FAFSA form for proper delegation of college funds to light a fire under one's feet! 

After this block and the previous one for Victoria, I really enjoy making the flying geese.  I haven't found perfection in my seams, though.  I mark out the 1/4", but still there are quirks.  This block came out the proper dimensions, so not too bad.  However, I meant to line up the geese the opposite way so the dark colors would form the pinwheel.  There was no going back, though! 

Bright Geese for Amy

Completed this just under the wire on May 31st, and I'm sure Amy has already received it, but I finally got around to downloading photos....I actually made this block twice. I followed directions the first time, but sewing on an unfamiliar machine, my seam allowances were off, and the block came out TOO BIG! Never had that happen before. It is now a very accurate 12.5" block.

Thanks for the fun of working with geese and solids, Amy!

Finished Geese

A flock, big and small, with a little bit of field for them to land in.

Almost Amy's block....

What's missing here? Eeek, it's my machine!

It started misbehaving and skipped stitches all over the place. I've been having issues with that one and off for a while, but now it won't even sew two pieces together without missing a stitch! So into the shop it went today. I'm crossing my fingers that it only needs a tune-up and timing adjusted.

So close on your block, Amy! As soon as that machine returns I can finish the last row.