so here it is!!

I am so excited. I FINALLY after a gazillion tries got the needle threaded...not once but enough times to finish this...

I am not so happy with the way the upper left hand corner looks, but maybe it will be ok once it is sewn to another quarter of the block.   Want a closeup? 

I forgot that I need to clip the curved seams.  Although it does lay flat!!  I was so excited I sat and watched Survivor and did this...

By the time Krista was booted off Redemption Island and Stephanie voted onto Redemption Island..(Go Matt!) I had hand pieced the arc and started pinning it to the inside background.  And I finally had to go get a pincushion from the sewing room.  I am off today to find a Clover automatic needle threader and maybe some nice sharp pins.  I am not a pinner usually so the ones I have seem very thick.  I think I need to invest in some nice thin ones... maybe some silk pins?  I don't really know much about pins...Marsha said she will check in on my progress, so maybe she uses a certain pin?  I can look in Paducah during the show... And I am thinking of taking a hand piecing class at the Quilted Fox in town.. I know that with anything there are tips and tricks that I will not learn on my own...but it's kind of expensive at $65 for 4 - 2 hour classes...

NEWS FLASH...was talking out loud and hubby says "oh, sign up for the class"...  Yea..it starts next Wednesday..."where's the credit card, honey?"


Nancy