Lord, save me from sharp tools.
I did it again.
I cut the seam allowance off another quilt block. Did it with the shiny new (and sharp!) rotary cutter I got for Christmas while I was attempting to cut the batting ONLY. Right on the seam line. Zip! and it was gone.
My heart sank. Worst comes to worse, I can embroider another block and quilt the blasted thing again and move on. But I don't want to do that until I try a little fudging. It might work. I will try it tonight in the recliner.
All of the blocks (except the 4 I'm about to join together) are laid out on the bed in a spare room. They all need squaring; this - the squaring - is where I've been screwing up.
Lord, save me from sharp tools.
Over the weekend, I saw a carving video I wanted to try - an adorably goofy googly-eyed chicken. I had basswood - 2"x2" and 1"x1" - but not the 1.something" the carver was using. The 2" block was hard for me to hold, which made the carving tough. I put the 2" block in a bowl of water to soften it and tried to carve a practice chicken on a 1"x1" block. It lost most of its significant parts before I put the knife down. I'd be ashamed to show it to you.
Note to self: I planted lettuce in a sliced-open bag of dirt today.
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