Bessie: Bit by Bit

Anticipating having several weeks away from my Bernina, before the knee surgery I prepped a lot of Bessie's blocks to do as handwork during recovery.

Joe and I watch some streamed shows most evenings, and I really do enjoy hand stitching during them. 

These are some of the "Fingers" blocks Bessie calls for. They are a lot of fun to make. It's funny that I am fairly adept at hand-piecing curves and really struggle with them on the machine.

The QST blocks are straightforward and simple to make. All of them are finished!

The octagons are the most challenging blocks thus far. They take a long time and are fiddly. I've had to do a little unsewing on them.

Insetting those little trapezoids is painstaking.

Despite their complexity, it is rewarding to see one come together.

There are a lot of them yet to go.