Friday, January 17, 2014

I spent the morning in my studio working on The Slice! box. The theme for the box was the Bra. The blocks that were already done were very creative and I was at a loss as to what I could do. Elizabeth steered me in the right direction by pointing out there were lots of images on the internet that I could copy a pattern from. It’s true, everything really is on the internet! If I’m unlucky enough to win this particular box back, I know who I will gift the project to.

The scrap demo at the Guild last night gave me a few ideas, but not as many as I had hoped for. I wanted patterns that used specific-sized squares but, apparently, a scrappy quilt isn’t necessarily made from scraps of leftover fabric. In many cases, the quilts on display were very colour coordinated. Perhaps I just don’t have enough scraps yet. I saw a demo for the Mile-A-Minute  and Film at Five quilts, and they are doable with the scraps I have. So, while I put away fabric from my bra block, I cut and sorted a few of the scraps in my basket. It will take forever to get through that basket, but if I do a bit at a time I might be able to keep up.

I have a few updates to do for the Guild blog and then I’m going to start sewing the binding on one of the Community Quilts I brought home last week.