What did you do this weekend?

I'm working on this quilt for my darling neice. It's going to be a lovely quilt. It would be even lovlier if I could actually sew a straight seam, but we make do with what we have and that's not a skill I have. Crooked seams make wonky squares, but a steel straight edge and rotary cutter cover a multitude of sins.

I know I SHOULD do all of the first step sewing, then all of the second step, etc, etc. But my inner three-year-old ain't having that no way no how. So we did first step sewing till she had a tantrum. Then we slapped together some second steps for a while, and pressed 'em up nice and tidy. That's when the cutter comes in, squaring up the edges. Back to first step seams. (70 times 4. Arrrrgh!) Finally, today, I gave in and did some step 3 seams.

Here is one tenth of the quilt top. Pretty nice, isn't it? (Say yes. Please say yes! My inner 3-year old is just on her last nerve and she will absolutely have a hairy cat fit if you say anything bad about this. "It's very nice, dear." Say it with me. "It's very nice, dear." Good, good. Shes' stopped holding her breath and is losing that electricity-shooting-out-of-her-eyes look. By the time we get back to sewing on Thursday, she'll be more than ready to go for it again.)

So that's pretty much what I did this weekend. How about you?