Tuesday, May 12, 2015
We were at the clubhouse today and, since the Mini Meez were meeting, I didn’t take my sewing machine with me. I had all my projects loaded last night and was ready to go this morning.
But overnight I had a change of heart in what I wanted to do with the colours on the hand-pieced block I was working on. I pulled a few different fabrics from the bin, put them in my carrying case and off I went. When I got to the bee I was unloading “stuff” and realized I’d left my actual project bag at home. I had taken the bag out of the carrying case when I was looking at different colours and never put it back. I had to make a quick trip home to pick it up; it’s a good thing the clubhouse is just up the hill from home and not across town!
We started with a meeting about the Mount Washington retreat coming up this weekend. I am even more excited today because I don’t need to drive; I will be car pooling with another woman. I have gone from not knowing what to take to having quite a few ideas; we were advised to pack projects in soft-sided small bags so we can load the vehicles to the top!
The retreat meeting was followed immediately by a meeting with the miniature quilters. Everyone was very impressed with all I had done. I took the two Jacob’s Ladder pieces, the four small blocks I have hand-pieced, and a few cards that were finished but hadn’t yet gone in the mail. Once that meeting was over it was finally time to do some stitching.
I pieced the fifth block in my series – a miniature Bear Paw. It was finished a few minutes after lunch so I pulled out another miniature pattern made with half-square triangles. Since the pattern had already been done by at least two others, I decided I wanted to try something different. But I didn’t have another project with me to work on. Usually I have too many projects; never have I been without something to work on.
I had a few books and magazines with me as I wanted a pattern that would use some fat quarters I received for Mother’s Day. While browsing I found a couple of patterns that I think I can cut down to make miniatures with. I will use the 10″ Square pattern I made at the Guild a couple of years ago for my fat quarters; the instructor of that class was at the bee and she said rather than use 10″ squares I should use 9″ squares as I can get more out of each fat quarter and it won’t make any difference to how the blocks go together.
I’m so glad my “down” time wasn’t wasted!