(1) a detailed list
(2) recyclable bags
(3) quilt magazines
This weekend was one of those no-sew weekends, you know what I mean? Sometimes you gotta take a break, and I broke towards a quilt show in Kensington, Md sponsored by the Bethesda Quilters. As I wandered through the show, a few pieces caught my eye...
Love this string quilt - most of these 6" blocks included selvedges!
I've been automatically saving the selvedges from my fabrics for a long time but I've never thought of including them in a string block.
This is a striking modern piece, look at how the border treatment echoes the central piece!
Could it be that wee bit of red that caught my eye??
Now, it's interesting that this particular quilt would be in this show on the very day I was wondering how to best use the large number of large prints in my fabric inventory!
This is a great idea - one middle piece surrounded by smaller pieces of the same fabric!
close up!
And what is a quilt show without at least one New York beauty-type quilt!
I like the maker's choice of color in this one, and that border fabric is just perfect. I wish I knew where she got it!
I still have a lot of pieced blocks languishing in a box ... someplace ...
and books ...
Did I really need more books?
At 50 cents each - well duh!!
Have a great Monday, sew forth and sew on!
That black border fabric is an Australian fabric by M&S fabrics
ReplyDeleteI LOVE The string quilt. Right up my alley!
ReplyDeleteI've seen that circle of squares block, but only with the center square in the background color. It's a totally different look here, isn't it? (Adding it to my already-too-long list of things to play with someday...)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy those new books!
oh my! LOVE that string quilt. Now I know what to do with that huge bag of selvedges I've got. And that one with squares circling the center block, i've seen it before somewhere and liked it then just as much as I like it now.
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