Friday, May 12, 2017

I washed and pressed my fabric for the class on Sunday and Monday. Here’s what I’ll be working with.

I only plan to make one block but when I was at the fabric shop yesterday Deb said that she tells all her students that they should purchase enough for the entire quilt because she knows from experience you can have a lot of trouble trying to get more of the fabric later down the line. She had figured out the requirements for the quilt so when I was pulling fabric from my stash this morning I kept that in mind and I think I have enough for the quilt should I be crazy enough to add it to my list. I know a lot of the people in the class are making the 9″ option and putting three together for a table topper; the instructor is also offering a 6″ option. I’ll make the 9″ block and see where I go from there.

I had fun picking these fabrics and called on Pat for a bit of help. The orange fabric came from my Portland trip; the four other coloured fabrics were recent purchases at Deb’s shop. The light background fabric was purchased in 2013 when Stacia, Deloise and I took a trip to a quilt shop a little ways from Saskatoon. It was purchased for an entirely different project but, since that project never got started, I was glad to be able to use it.