Valentine crazies

      I have missed posting because of overload in my mind and studio. I have more ideas and plans than cranial space and 24 hour space. If only I did not have to sleep. Actually, I need more sleep as I have been waking up after 4 hours and unable to meaning I am a zombie by 3 pm.
     Tomorrow is Valentines Day and I am relieved I could get all the cards made and sent out. There is always a point I don't think I will make it. What seems like a good idea to make ends up being more work than I figured when you multiply it by 70. I am glad I had lots of small red and pink scraps and scrap batting.

Untrimmed, unironed blocks waiting for backing and batting

At this point, the blocks are sewn with batting and backing, turned inside out, either big stitch hand sewing or machine decorative stitich sewn

     After sewing the blocks and trimming them, they have to get a batting, backing, turned right side out, stitched around the heart, glued to a color paper and then card (Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue), the inside stamped and written, the address labels printed out (forgot what program and had to relearn it), adhered, stamps and return address labels on, and taken to the Post Office. Piece of cake. Right.

     A good friend gave me a Pfaff Passport 2.0 with all these decorative stitches on it. I only have vintage machines, mostly straight stitchers, a couple of zigzaggers. She was looking to downsize and I enabled her. I started with big stitch hand quilting, but quickly changed over to the machine. My hand sewing is pathetic. Some of you may have received a hand sewn one. Try to think of it as rustic flavor.