I did it!

What did I do?

Well, if you remember in my last blog post I had talked myself in to purchasing the Inklingo Lucy Boston Booklet and templates, so that I could try printing and cutting my own papers as each time I order a top up, I end up waiting for them to be imported. So I did it, I purchased and downloaded the PDF booklet and had a good read. Mostly it says the same as the paper booklet I already own, but, it also contains countless pages of printables, so that you can make the quilt top using various methods to join your fabric pieces, not just the Inklingo method. It took me a while to find them, but eventually I found the no seam allowance section which would enable me to print my own papers.

Every single shape required to complete a Lucy top is included, full shapes, half shapes and even some quarters.

Perfect.

I practiced on plain old paper to ensure I had things set up correctly and then popped my card into the printing machine.

I printed just one page, to see how things would go.

Success. 

I figured the best way to cut them would be with a roller blade and ruler, so I sacrificed a cutter, wrapped some tape around the handle as a reminder that this one is for paper only, and went for it.

In no time at all I had 20 new papers. One $7NZ pack of 210gsm papers will yield 240 honeycomb papers, saving me lots of money and zero wait for new papers.

I sat last night and basted fabric on to my home made papers.

I may not be a convert to the full Inklingo method of printing onto fabric and joining with a running stitch, but I am happy to continue printing my own papers using the templates provided in the pdf booklet and will probably buy other booklets in order to print other shapes. Who knows, one day I may even give one of the other methods a try.

So while I sat with Grans tray in my lap and a glue pen in my hand a certain furry member of this household decided that she has had enough of my sheepskin pouffe and she might try out Grandads stool.

Excuse me, just move over a little please...

Just a little more, I want to lie down.

So I was back to using my pouffe last night.

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I went to the hospital on Thursday for my x-ray and had bloods drawn while I was there. No results from any of that yet. 

I had a telephone conversation with yet another Doctor yesterday. Dr P. She said that given my responses to her questions and the notes that her colleagues had recorded, she feels that I have viral Laryngitis which usually clears up in 2-3 weeks, but sometimes can take longer. She suggested that as the antibiotics are clearly not helping, I should stop taking them. Stay home, drink plenty of water and rest. 

Sounds like the perfect excuse to sit and sew.

So that is what I shall do.

But first, Tony brought a load of tomatoes in from the green house, so I'll chop them up and make relish, or sauce, or something.