Some Days...

 Our dear, old dog trainer friend, Ray Sommers used to say, "Some days it just

 don't go by the book." Truer words were never spoken! Just when you think 

it's safe to start a new project, something happens and changes your focus again.

I found out on Monday, that the ladies working on our last guild quilt block hit the 

wall and weren't able to finish it. I really appreciate that they gave it their best effort,

but, it's a really good thing that I started that "extra" block all those weeks ago.

I resurrected the block yesterday and made good progress toward completing the

setup. The first photograph shows how far I got by dinner time, and the copy of

what the block is supposed to look like is next to it. By the end of the evening,

I had finished all the oak leaves and gone back to concentrating on the "bugs".

 There are two praying mantis on this block and I'm nearly finished

with the first one. All those teeny, tiny parts are falling into place!

 Who knew making bugs could be so much fun? 

I'm hoping to have the block all set up by Friday, and three of my 

friends have already volunteered to help if I need it. I'll start the

stitching myself, but I'll probably hand it off next week so that I 

don't develop that nice "needle catcher" callous again. Ouchie!

This is going faster than I thought, which is good. I hope we can stay on 

schedule, and perhaps this can still go to the long-arm in a couple short weeks!

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