(1) hard peppermint candy
(2) going thru your pocketbook
(3) being graceful
When I was a kid my grandmother used to sit and hum while she dug and dug and dug through her pocketbook. Me: "What you doing, Mama Brown?" Mama Brown: "Going through my pocketbook." Me: "Oh." I guess it made her happy.
I saw her Idaho Square Dance Addicted to Scraps block in the May/June 2015 Quiltmaker Magazine and thought to myself, "Hmmm, maybe I'll have to make that one some day!"
But after I watched the latest Quilt Cam, guess what ... I want "someday" to be real soon!
It's her newest leader/ender project, using 1-1/2" squares ... 1-1/2"!! This calls for shortcuts using my 1-1/2" strips!
Just to test and make sure I want to have two leader/ender projects going at the same time, I started by sewing a light and dark strip together.
For maximum scrappy variety you'll want to use strips that are on the short side!
I cross cut the strips into 1-1/2" slices and resewed for the 4-patches.
For that strip at the bottom of the block I sewed a dark-light-dark combination and cross cut into 1-1/2" slices, then combined it with the 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" strip called for.
Looks good, this is definitely a candidate for leader/enders!
Sew together light-dark and dark-light-dark strips, cross cut into chunks - sew as directed!
I can switch these off with the lozenges I just cut fabric for, it'll keep me from getting bored with the same thing.
I'll be leaving today to spend a couple days with my sister in New Jersey, be back on Thursday afternoon. Have a great rest of the week everybody, sew forth and sew on til later!
Sweet memory of your grandmother. And isn't Bonnie amazing?
ReplyDeleteThank you for the memory - I had a couple of Aunties who were famous for 'going thru their pocketbook'. I was taken by this block, too, when I saw it. I have a commission to finish and then I am definitely playing with this one.
ReplyDeleteI live in Idaho so this block caught my eye. I've got my mag turned to the page but haven't started in on it yet. YET being the operative word. I hope you enjoy your time with your sister.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great memory of your grandmother. I'm thinking I need to dig into my 1.5" scraps and start this.....but that will be AFTER I get back from Bonnie's lecture and class in Spokane this week......
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