Hobo's Quilts and Paper Piecing Boy I used my brain tonight!



 Donna's Hobo Quilt block examples

 Wednesday Hobo Quilt class what a nice time!






 Working away with good friends these 
two ladies were having fun. 



 Country Loft   

 I have been a hermit again working on the grandbaby’s stocking and trying to stay out of the heat. It is down right oppressive!. So tonight as I gathered my quilt supplies it seem to take forever. Finally I was off to class. There was an assortment of different blocks to pick to quilt tonight so I thought I would challenge myself and do some paper piecing. Boy talk about being in a different world. It was challenging for me between putting fabric on one side sewing on paper and flipping the fabric back and forth and all the steps I was having to concentrate the whole evening. But I am happy to say I am starting to understand what I am doing.One thing I noticed that when you haven't quilted in a while I had to get use to my rulers again and of course my rotary cutter was dull. I needed a bigger table mat for cutting. Oh and for some reason I have a hard time not spreading my supplies all over the place. Besides that I was organized. Lol!


My fellow classmate was doing a great job!



  Donna was a patient teacher with us all and the handouts explained a lot where the book didn’t. I am on the second block of paper piecing. I would have finished the second block but I ran out of time. ! The hobo quilt has appliqué blocks paper piecing and just piecing .

Donna's blocks

 Donna made us Hobo stew it was great! and so between cutting, sewing and working away the evening went super fast. Apparently there are stories in the book about Hobo’s so we listened and sewed away. I am glad I got out of the house tonight and you can see by the pictures we were all busy!

                                                     This is my one block I paper pieced!
                                            I still have to square it up.           .
                                  After looking at this block this morning from
                                  my hubby's eye this is sad. I told him I spent
                                  two hours doing this. Lol!