Our local library is one of my favorite hangouts. Yes, I am a nerd. But where else can you take your kids in the dead of summer that's air conditioned, kid friendly, and full of free entertainment?! They do a free story time for kids once a week, which means for 30 minutes I am only responsible for one kid and can puruse the non-kid sections of the library freely. Well, with a baby. But that's pretty close to freely.
A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon the quilting section and found Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks, also known as, 100 things I didn't know I need to make RIGHT NOW. As much as it pained me to check out a book on quilting and admit that I am an old lady, I checked it out. (For the record, I'm only 30)
I've made 2 blocks so far. They are about 6" square when you're finished, so the fabric pieces that make up the blocks are rather small (like, some are 1.5" x 1.5"). A great way to use those tiny scraps that I can't seem to part with.
Block No. 1
Block No. 2
But the most exciting thing that happened this week, you know, other than this insane stuff, was the resurrection of this serger! Bah da da DUUUUUUUM!
This was a gift from my grandma a few years back for my birthday, but I was never able to get it to work. As you can see from the image below, it's somewhat old...
Haven't been to West Germany lately. Hear it's lovely this time of year. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
The geniuses over at City Craft got it up and running for me in no time. Watch out. I am going to serger EVERYTHING. Is serger a verb? Yeah. I'm going to go with yes.
I immediately bought three spools of neon red serger thread. Obviously. Like that was a choice or something. Henry likes to pretend they are milkshakes. You can see his little hand stealing one out of the photo.
This week I'll be working on learning my rockin awesome new-old machine. The best You Tube video I could find so far is in Spanish. That will definitely make this process easier. Ole!
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