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All day long I enjoyed just knowing that all my little squares were home waiting for me. Tonight I came home and pressed the last 40 and then took a deep breath and tried trimming up a few. For those of you who aren’t quilters, this step of trimming, or trueing

TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected form: tru�ing or true�ing: To position (something) so as to make it balanced, level, or square: trued up the long planks.

is an important one. First off, it makes it much easier to join up the blocks since they are made into squares, not something approaching a square, sort of. It also assures that all the blocks are the same size, give or take a small tolerence. Finally, it has the added bonus of knocking off all the little ears of seam allowance that stick out past the edges. This makes for an easier sewing and nicer pressing when it’s all said and done. Nitpicking? Perhaps. Worth it? In my mind, yes!

Finally, for those who know me, this cartoon from the Washington Post will make you laugh out loud. Oh what the heck – even if you don’t know I’m the shopping cart police, you’ll laugh like a hyena. Thanks Caity for the link!