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80's in February

Hard to believe it is February with the temperatures in the 80's. Will be again tomorrow. Worked outside some but not as much as I should of been doing. 
Today I had to wait for servicemen to come and check out the new dishwasher. It hadn't worked like it should so I called them to check on it. I thought it might of been off balance but actually it has a faulty door and control panel. Now I have to wait for another to replace it.
Thank goodness I didn't have surgery.

Yesterday I did make a few more Retro Air-Ship Propeller blocks.



Slowly I'm getting that one done. I don't remember how many I'll need but do know I have quite a few left to make.



Check this out...............
14 eggs today, the girls are liking this warm weather.

Today I started on the string quilt



Made large and small pieces to cut out the 4 1/2" squares from. Now I do not use a foundation, just sew the strips together. 


Now the strips are not string per-say but various size cut strips. So as long as sew a fair 1/4" it all works out pretty good. I also use spray starch to keep the fabric from stretching.



Cut 4 1/2 strips to get the 4 1/2 squares and I just happen to have a 4 1/2 " square ruler. Makes it so easy to trim.



All is strips I had except the black check. That was in my stash. They needed to be 2 1/2 so I used the cutter for those

Have enough for 19 blocks but need 30, so what... that is about 2/3 done.

I having fun with this one.

  
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  1. mamasmercantileFebruary 23, 2017 at 1:12 AM

    Wow the string quilt looks amazing, you are certainly very talented.

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  2. Deb @ Frugal Little BungalowFebruary 23, 2017 at 5:12 AM

    Love the color combination in your Airship blocks! :)

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  3. Karen - Quilts...etc.February 23, 2017 at 7:10 AM

    I think you are doing the air ship propellers more than I - I think I have 7 of them now? I'm not into them as much as I thought I would be

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  4. satyamhairtransplantMarch 6, 2017 at 12:54 AM

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  5. Nancy In BoiseMarch 7, 2017 at 1:55 PM

    80s thats crazy!

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