{"id":351,"date":"2013-12-14T23:12:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T06:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/?p=351"},"modified":"2015-08-14T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:32:56","slug":"one-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/one-down\/","title":{"rendered":"One down…"},"content":{"rendered":"

And one to go!<\/p>\n

Select fabric for the Secret Santa gift (holiday stocking)? Check! Design an alternating block pattern of reindeer fabric? Check! Fussy-cut star strips for aforementioned blocks? Check! Engine trouble? Check!<\/p>\n

Scotty: Captain, I don’t know how much more emergency power we can take before we start to break up.<\/em><\/p>\n

You guessed it; my machine started dropping stitches while I was working on projects for my 24-hour deadline yesterday. Then, with only 2 seams left to fight for on my BAMalot block, my Husqi decided it had had quite enough of my forward momentum and locked in reverse!<\/p>\n

I still had the stocking to finish, so I checked my alternate machine and found it stuck on zigzag. Seriously? Both machines needing repair meant there was nothing I could do except hope to figure out \u2018plan C\u2019 and complete everything in the few hours I had in the morning. Sigh!<\/p>\n

Thankfully, bright and early the next morning, my neighbor kindly came to my aid with her new Singer.<\/p>\n

Within the hour, I had finished adding the last teal & orange border for my BAMalot block.\"2013BAMalotCheryl\"<\/a> Previously, I\u2019d mirrored the last frame design and set it top & bottom opposite the 4-patch from the last addition. It\u2019s a nice bit to blur the lines. Put a pop of hot pink in the corners and called it done.<\/p>\n

Ah, yes! Back to the stocking…<\/p>\n

(NOTE: MY addition to this funky block is JUST the extended inner colors on top & bottom, plus the blue double border with hot pink corner. I would have loved to keep this one!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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