Fab Farm goats

We have been spending a lot of time in the kayaks this week. The lake is beautiful and there are very few people on it. Our hosts took us on a boat ride yesterday and told us about many of the houses on the lake. There are a surprising number of them that are only occupied 2 weeks a year. That's great news for us! 

​But I have plenty of sewing time and I got my goats done. 

I thought I'd share how I set these blocks up for quilting. Next up are the cow blocks and this is one fo the more complex blocks. I start by laying out all of the background pieces. I double check the measurement of each piece and, luckily, I cut all of the cow pieces correctly!
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A lot of the pieces are sewn on the diagonal so I draw the stitching lines as I lay them out.
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Then, I lay out the animal pieces one block at a time. It looks like a mess but that's really a cow.
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Here's my first cow! Just as I'm looking at it here I see that I made a mistake. Can you see it? By the time you read this it will be fixed. Three more cows to go!

Yesterday was going to be a hiking day but we had thunderstorms and rain all night the night before and rain in the morning. I don't hike wet trails. Instead it was a relaxing book reading and sewing day. In the evening "crochet season" opened with the Eagles/Patriots pre-season game on local TV here.
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Yesterday was going to be a hiking day but we had thunderstorms and rain all night the night before and rain in the morning. I don't hike wet trails. Instead it was a relaxing book reading and sewing day. In the evening "crochet season" opened with the Eagles/Patriots pre-season game on local TV here. My crochet projects should pick up speed now.
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