Well, I'm a Doofus!

Last month I finished my project and completely forgot to post it.  This month I finished my goal in the second week of the month.  I waited for the link to be posted so I could upload my information to the ALYOF site and I almost forgot again.  Getting old sucks!!  I wear glasses now, my boobs get caught in my shoe laces and I cannot remember anything.

So, this month's goal was to finish the first block of a project I started last year.  It is a wool applique project that was a monthly project through my local Quilt Shop, "The Christmas Goose."  There were a limited number of spots in the project because all the wool was hand dyed by Andrea, the owner of the shop.  Luckily for me someone backed out and I was able to step in.  I have never done wool applique before so this first block is quite crude.  I just saw another member's quilt blocks and she has all twelve finished and they are stunning.  I learned that I am doing it all wrong.  I was using floss the same color so you could not see my stitches.  TOTALLY NOT THE POINT HERE.  So, I will work harder on block number two and make sure to use contrasting floss to make everything pop.

You cannot really see in the picture but I even added some beads to the centers of the circles.  They really do make a difference in the, "Live" version.

Please do not think poorly of the quilt shop when you see my work.  If you saw a block from an experienced person you would be blown away.