Important Step

It's been a lovely week here temperatures rising to low mid teens and bright sunny days.  This is quite unusual for this time of year.  Unfortunately it's not so good for those who ski, the snow is melting on the ski hills and soon will be very little left for those arriving for Easter break.  So I hope you will appreciate that once again there has been little sewing done.  Yesterday was a bit more like our days at home - the clouds were down, no mountains in sight, rainy and wet and somewhat cooler.  So I managed a bit of sewing.  Well not exactly sewing, the bunting blocks have been completed and are now neatly trimmed up to 6.5in squares.

As I was sitting enjoying this process I wondered how many of you quilters out there skip this step thinking it a waste of time?  It takes quite a while to trim as you sew and if you leave the trimming until all the blocks are done do you just think, oh they look ok I'll just go ahead and join them up?  I have been known to skip the trimming step in the past but times change as you quickly realise it is a very important step in order to keep your quilt squared. Even although you think you have cut the pieces accurately, sewn the exact quarter inch seam, and pressed the seams flat, sometimes, just sometimes things can slip around.  If you have lots of squares and each one is out just a smidgen your final outcome could be a wonky top.  If you do miss this important step please think again and consider it for the future.  Just look at the little nest of slivers produced from 80 blocks!

Time is slipping by and we are just over our half way mark for this holiday.  A shopping trip is on the agenda for this week into the city.  We are not looking for anything specific but it's good to see what's available on sale in the shops here and we usually manage to pick up a few bargains. 

Today is Mother's Day back in the UK so Techie organised with his Dad to buy me some lovely flowers for the occasion. That was a lovely and unexpected surprise!  So Happy Mother's Day to you all.