I thought I was going to be a slug again today and sat down with Finn to work on one of the knit hats in progress but after Keith finished on the treadmill and took Finn upstairs I got off my butt and assembled the 16 Patch blocks.
This meets our challenge this month as it was made from Fat Quarters.
I’ve made a number of these larger 16 patch quilts over the years from fat quarters and use the cutting instructions found at the link below. The original blog is no longer available but for now, the instructions are still available.
St Louis 16 Patch – https://web.archive.org/web/20131016220636/http://sewwithsass.blogspot.com/2013/04/quilts-st-louis-16-patch.html
It takes a while to load so you’ll have to be a bit patient.
Now that it’s finished, I get to sit and knit for a while and listen to my audiobook.
I had promised myself I wasn’t going to set goals and pressure myself to work accomplish them but it’s hard. I give myself a bad time about days like yesterday where I just sat and crocheted … first while listening to my audiobook and then while watching the Lightning (they lost).
Quilting has always been my priority since I started in 2000 but now it shares my time with the knitting and crochet even more this past year and a half with all the health issues I’ve been dealing with.
Quilts, blankets, hats, and scarves all bring warmth and comfort to those in need … and of course those little quilts and critters so I need to get it through my head that I’m still accomplishing what I set out to do all those years ago even if the number of quilts finished isn’t as high as it used to be.