I made a block for Michelle last night, for the One Block Over Bee. I used one of my favorite notions/tools, and I don’t believe I’ve ever raved about them here before… so here you go!
I call them fork pins, but I think the commercial name for them is U-pins. I bought mine from aquilt store, but they are also used in jewelry display, so can be purchased through a jewelry making supplier as well. They come in this little blue box, and are used to pin seams, to keep your seam lines or points lined up as you sew your seam. You can safely sew over them, because they are even finer than glass head straight pins.
You place the pin through the seam allowances on both ides of your seam….
Sew your seam without removing the pin (you can remove it just before you sew over that area, if you really can’t make yourself sew over a pin), and voila! Perfectly matched seams:
Michelle’s block is made from Tula Pink’s Parisville line, gorgeous colors and prints (even though the center medallion fabric kind of freaks me out)….
Here is the completed block:
On a totally separate note, I’ve been enjoying scones I made this weekend, from a 1996 recipe I dug out for a friend that asked if I still had it.
We studied together in Yorkshire, England, for four weeks in 1996, and a lovely local woman shopped and cooked for us. She brought us fresh scones every. single. day, and quite often a made-from-scratch chocolate cake. Thank goodness for all the hiking and walking we did daily, or I would have came home ten pounds heavier! I had completely forgotten about these recipes until Vicki asked me for them. Next weekend, chocolate layer cake!
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