Well, this is my first post for 2019 - let's hope I do a little better this year! I have been busy working on a bunch of things. Some are for my classes and clubs, and some I am just trying to finish so that I can get them out of my sewing room. I have so many projects that are almost finished, but just need a border or binding, or all the blocks are done, and they just need to be put together. I have purged a lot of projects that I decided that I just didn't like enough to waste my time finishing, so now I am down to projects that I actually like! A lot of them are Sarah Club projects, mostly from fabric or block exchanges. I really love these scrappy projects, and I want to finish them. My problem is that I can't just make a wall hanging or lap quilt, oh no - I have to make everything bigger. So, I have tons of blocks that are done or started, and then they got put away to make room for the next project. You all probably understand this - well, maybe not you people that don't start anything until you finish something. Trust me - if you are a real quilter, you will get over that. There is nothing more fun than going to the fabric store and picking out fabric for a new quilt project - or should I say, your next UFO? Think of it this way - we could be hanging out at bars or the racetrack. At least our obsession is safe and in many cases, we actually produce something special. Did you know that studies have shown that quilters have lower blood pressure than other people the same age? Winner!
Anyway - in Sarah Club we are doing our own version of Pam Buda's 1880 quilt, which I talked about in the last post. We will talk more about it at our first neeting(s) January 29th or 30th, January 29th also happens to be the day that the shop is doing the Circa 1880 Free Demos to explain how it will work for the general public. You can go to one of those meetings if you wish, but keep in mind that there will be some differences if you are in Sarah Club. If you want to get started on something before then, you can start cutting 1 1/2" strips. I am cutting strips out of my scrap stash, and some snippets, that are mostly 10" and not much more, so that I can have a greater variety to turn in. So, go through your scraps and cut 1 1/2" pieces off of anything you can.
This month in Sarah Club we will reveal our finished (or whatever you have) Mini Fibonacci Mystery Medallion quilts. If you missed Club last month, here is a picture of mine through border 3.
I handed out the instructions for the fourth and final border, so if you didn't get one, you can pick one up at the shop, or just email me and I will email one back to you. You still have a few weeks to finish before the reveal - and a couple of months to finish before our show in August. Let's have a bunch in the show!
That's it for now!
After Later - Carrie
