I taped down a quilt sandwich with painters tape and after pin basting it, I pulled the tape off and stuck it here. I thought, who knows, maybe it will come in handy later.
This morning while ironing an approximate fat quarter, left over from a project I am working on, I found a very small hole in one corner. I decided to mark it so I won’t forget about it when I pull it out to use it.
Can’t miss it now can I?
Are you a hoarder thrifty too? 😉
Posted for April 15th, 2016
As I have mentioned before I began my quilting adventure in 2011 by crafting a quilt for a new friend I met when visiting Jayme from Tales of the Coop Keeper. At that time I had the desire to quilt, but no knowledge of the plotting skills or the math involved to pull it off…
Ergo, after making a “watermelon” quilt
I had tons of red and white squares and triangles to spare and they have been stored in a Ziploc bag, at the bottom of my scrap drawer, till now…
I have joined up with Kate Chiconi at Tall Tales From Chiconia in ScrapHappy. This is a creative group of like-minded people who want to use it all up and have fun making their scraps disappear. Then we all share on the 15th of the month. Links to all participants will be listed on Kate’s blog site! Please follow the link above to see what the other more experienced quilters have come up with.
After much experimentation, and cutting down I am left with a pair of ten inch blocks. A bit of blue border has given them a decidedly patriotic flair.
Windmill block to the left and Hourglass blocks to the right.
I haven’t finished them yet, because I can’t decide if I want a table runner or pillows! If a table runner is in their future I will have to come up with a third block to tie them all together.
This process of laying out and working with my scraps has reminded me of the Inuit carver who studies a bone or wood specimen to see what is living inside, then begins carving to release the spirit and image within. No spirits in my work, but this time around my *points are coming along nicely. 🙂
NOTE: Points refers to the area in the quilt block where all the corners meet up. Getting them to get along is very exciting for a budding quilter. Well, actually, I think it may be an exciting moment for any quilter! Those little corners can be rather pesky.
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