Progress on "Sashiko Scarf"

I'm making progress on my sashiko scarf, which I started here.

Using random meandering stitches is a lot of fun!  I can literally just make it up as I go.  I usually pay attention to the dye patterns on the silk, making circles around them.

The tiny red threads are for basting purposes only, and will be removed when I'm finished.

Here's what it looks like on the back.  I think I like it!

A Perfect Ten!

Quite a milestone!  GranddaughterStitches has turned ten years old!  So here, of course, is a shirt to commemorate the accomplishment.  

I found a very pretty batik fabric for the two numerals.  As usual, fused on and then blanket stitched on the machine.

Quite the model's pose, don't you think?!?

I told GranddaughterStitches that I could remember my DadStitches making a big deal out of my being a "two-number girl." 

And here is a tag I added onto the back of the shirt.  I have learned throughout the years that these tags are often scratchy and uncomfortable, and therefore tend to get removed from the garment.  So this time I added the label onto the outside of the shirt.

Progress On My Curves and Strips Quilt

I am making some progress on my quilt from Louisa Smith's class at Asilomar.  Yes, I know there is a big hole right in the middle!  

That block is down below in this picture.  It is placed on my cutting mat and I'm in the process of figuring out to make the cuts I need to make.  I must have left the "scene" very quickly, for this block to not have been finished!

The squares are really looking much nicer now that they are getting sewn together, rather than being held on the design wall by pins.  

I now have 13 of the 20 squares completed.  They really are not that hard to piece together.

If you know how to piece curves, then there's no problem.  But there are those mathematical, geometrical shapes to be fitted together.  If I'm having trouble figuring out where to make a cut, I just keep trying different cutting templates until I find the one where the seam lines will line up correctly.

And yes, I know that once I get all of these blocks sewn, then I will have to make them line up with each other perfectly so that they will all fit.  Sewing curves is not a problem for me, but making the squares all square might just be a little harder!

I'll keep you posted.