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Mini Archie’s October Furtle Around The Blogosphere

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Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something Hello! I hope October has been a good month and you’ve had the time and energy to make progress on some things on your list.  After the angst of last month over the panda fabric, I’m pleased to say that all the squares (in that fabric)  are ready to sew: I now have even less fabric left than I thought as one of the squares had a dodgy seam allowance (it would be okay in a pinch but I’d rather not) so I only have enough ‘in house’ for one extra square. Eek! Usually I’d be thrilled to have so little left over but it makes me nervous with this quilt, perhaps because the limited number of fabrics in it means I can’t just introduce a different background fabric and scatter it all over like you can with a scrappy background? Thank goodness for Cath and the two FQs she’s got put away for me!  I finished a line on Wednesday so pressed all the new seams on Thursday (I press each time I finish a diagonal line - ...