Any way you look at it

A snow day for me, hurray! Once I finished the work I'd brought home to do, I was free to spend my day doing one of my favorite things: recreational ironing. Some people might say I should get out more, but really: I couldn't. I was snowed in.

These little hand-stitched quilt blocks were just the thing for a snowy day.

But they did leave me with one question.

Should they go this way, so they look like spools of thread?

Or this way, so they look like bows?

Either way you look at them, they're pretty great.

Comments

[jennifer]

love those sweet fabrics, and i think it just don't matter :)

[laurie magpie ethel]

Only you could describe ironing as recreational. Glad you had a productive snowy day!
(I like bow direction)

[Sharrieboberry]

Very cute! My husband does his own ironing so the only ironing I do is my own personal irong and for sewing projects.

I think he does his own ironing because he thinks he irons better than I do. Surely not! I'm not complaining!

[vintage grey]

These are so pretty! I like the spools, but the bows would be cute! xo Heather

[Beth Leintz]

Recreational ironing! I totally get it. There's huge satisfaction in turning a wrinkled mess into a pretty bow tie or spool.

[Mitzi Curi]

I love them, and found something similar recently too. I think they look like bows!

[KerryCan]

I wholeheartedly believe in ironing as recreation--well put! And, to me, they're spools.

[Patti]

Can you put some bows and some spools? Either way, they are cute but I think the bows are a little bit better.

[Tina]

I love a little recreational ironing now and then!

Spools, definitely spools!

[Kate]

Yes on the ironing, especially when it is lovely fabric like that. I like the spools, too!

[Melissa's Antiques]

"recreational ironing" - wow you had me laughing out loud. I sell a lot of vintage linens and I will say ironing is my LEAST favorite part!