Hello everybody, happy Saturday to you. Yesterday evening we hit our 10,000th visitor, yaaaay! Could it have been you??
I woke early this morning and cut some more fabrics while watching "Annie" on tv... I always laugh when they do their thing to "Easy Street"...
And then later Annie is all sad-faced because her real parents weren't found...
poor little tyke.
I'm on easy street with this wickedly easy quilt I've been working on! (Did I ever tell you where you can get the pattern? Go here: http://www.byannie.com/ She also has other good stuff!)
By now I've sewn a wicked bunch of blocks - I didn't count them this time, I just know it's "a wicked bunch" -
and I cut loads more strips...
I don't know how many there are, I just know it's "loads!"
So now I'm all set to sew some more, but this time I know I have a big variety to mix and match. I've decided to use a solid between the cross-cut blocks, rather than a piece of the African fabrics, to give it more zing. So ... I'll wait til they're all sewn and cross cut, then decide on the solid fabric. Sound like a plan? Sure it does! Someone asked where I get my fabrics... there's a shop I go to in Silver Hill, Maryland (Paradise Fabrics) which has a large inventory of African fabrics at a very reasonable price. Every blue moon I'll see something at JoAnn's that strikes my fancy and I'll pick it up.
Today at guild meeting we're scheduled to have several mini-workshops and a Cricut demo, but I think I'll have time to sew at least one or two more blocks. Every little bit is another step down easy street!
Enjoy your day - sew forth and sew on til later...
I've not heard of a Guild meeting on a Saturday... That sure would make it a great Quilty Day! Take pictures.
ReplyDeleteI just glanced at your Countdown - 13 days - Wa Hooooo! Are you "Over the moon?"
ReplyDeleteWHat a fun post! Love Annie. We have and occassional Saturday guild workshop meeting - not as many attend them, they are so missing out on a lot of fun. Enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteI recently was invited to join the Unruly group so I was checking out the blog of other members. I saw the African fabrics and had to stop and really look to see what you are going to make with them. I love dutch wax african prints and bought a boat load about a year and a half ago when a shop in Cincinnati, Ohio was going out of business. I will keep checking your progress using these. I have a couple of quilts on my blog somewhere using my dutch wax prints.
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