Hey, where is everybody??!!

I'm falling behind -- too dang hot upstairs to sew, and I refuse to turn the A/C on in March!! -- but at least I finally finished my feathered star!  The diamond points on the sides came out a little small, but overall it's not too bad!

I've still got to do the flying geese and little square that go with is, and then it's on to the March 15th blocks -- that crazy compass block -- YIKES!!  There's got to be another way besides hand-piecing, right??!!

Feathered Star

OK, so I finally started the feathered star.  It's going OK, with a little bit of ripping out and starting over!  Beware - there are bits and pieces missing from the directions!  Like when it says "sew your half-square triangles together in pairs", it doesn't mention that they don't all go together the same way!  Also, you need to add seam allowance to the template pieces . . . I've got the center square done (easy), and the four corner squares (not as easy, but so far they look right . . . we'll see when I go to attach them to something else!).  I'm taking my time!

Marci's 4th set

OK, I finally finished up my 4th set of blocks:

 I'm getting pretty good at paper-piecing by now!  On the square with the little appliqued leaves, I decided to go with heat & bond lite, and then stitched around them with embroidery floss.

I haven't started the new set of blocks yet . . . I figure I'll wait a few days for other people to find any mistakes in the patterns before I download them!