Time for a goal

I picked up this great book at the DI.

Blame it on my parents providing me with every "Little House" and "Little House" spin off book under the sun when I was a kid, my  incessant watching of the tv show "Little House on the Prairie" during my summers as a tween, or my obsession with Jane Austen in my late teens and college days--but I've always been fascinated by those crafts and habits of the 19th century and have wanted to learn or improve my skills on them. So I have set the goal to work through all the projects of this book. There certainly are some that are very dated and not aesthetically pleasing but I will have to use my creativity to modify them into something I'd want to spend time on. And I am certainly not going to strap myself down to any one year time frame to get it all done--THAT would be impossible! But I will make the commitment to work everyday for at least 30 mins on my current project, and blog my progress

My first project is the basic patchwork quilt

And since I have a number of colorful pre-cut squares that I inherited from the wife of Mr. Baker's boss, this piece of cake pattern should be even simpler

Although some aren't all the same size, but I can handle varying lengths as long as they are the same width--that can add a touch of whimsy to it

(perhaps one day I can make something with these scraps...)

I also add a few squares of this yarnball/globe patterned fabricate...this is me cutting out squares. One day we'll upgrade to a measuring board and rotary cutter, but for now we make do with what we have

Then I divided them into groups to be sewn together

 

And so the work continues another day