Merricks Update: Early August
So, the oval pies were a welcome relief to piece and assemble. And I spent a few evenings doing just that. Bit by bit, piece by piece, Merricks is coming together, though there is still the dratted lozenges panel that I really don't think I'm going to be able to do. I've become very, very fond of hand piecing all of these light colored and low volume elements. I haven't turned my Bernina on in a good while, but that's okay. As far as the lozenges panel, I think I'm going to replace it with some embroidery! There was a bit from Pick A Petal that looked like embroidered dandelions that I loved doing and love seeing. I could get Joe to draw the embroidery lines for me and just do it . Currently I'm working on the squished sawteeth (plural of sawtooth) blocks. I was befuddled for a while when I began assembling them. Since they are squished [rectangular] rather than square, it didn't make sense that the exact same piece was used for the side triangles in b...
