This HeartStrings top was pieced by Pat and it’s one of my favorites! After running around doing a lot of packing and shipping I got the binding made and stitched on this one.

I also have to confess that instead of working on my jewel HeartStrings blocks (I only need to make 16 more) I cut out a new quilt with the GO. I’ve had a bundle of Christmas fabrics for 4 plus years and tonight it was cut up into Apple core blocks. Call me crazy but I think I’m going to hand piece this one although I did sew two together on the machine just to see if I could. The blocks are large – 6 inches which wouldn’t have been my first choice but then I thought the tumbler die was too big before I started having fun with that one.

I’ve never done any curved piecing but I’ve read how to do and and seen it demonstrated. I even have a curved piecing foot that I’ve never used before but that’s going to change because I also have a Drunkard’s Path die and that one I’ll piece by machine.

Tomorrow I’ll need to do laundry and pack so maybe I’ll go make a few more string blocks before heading to bed with my book.

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