When my friend Jennifer decided to make an applecore quilt for her Mother, I got really excited for her. I’ve never made one – didn’t know anyone who had made one, so anything new to me is exciting. Ha! That is, until she told me the horrors of putting one together. I couldn’t imagine such a thing…..it’s so beautiful, how could it be so bad? Jen invited Dora and myself over for a sewing day. She asked if we would help assemble the cores into rows with her. I couldn’t pack up my machine fast enough, I love a good challenge! I arrived, got set up and was ready to let’er rip!
Before I dump on it too bad, I should mention I was on the downhill side of the worst flu I’ve ever had in my life. Truly, I had no business being there, but I had already missed one sewing day with Jen and Dora and refused to miss another. Ok, Jen was on to something….these were a nightmare. There was some rippin’ going on, but it was a seam ripper and not the humming of my machine. As a last resort I started pinning mine, as I couldn’t keep my cores together and sew all at the same time. I'm sure it was my illness! ;o). By the time I mastered “the core” the whole day had flown by and I accomplished 2 rows of 24 cores. Jen and Dora pieced about the same. At this speed, I hope it’s a Mother Day gift and not a Christmas gift!
A few rows complete......
After a group effort
