(1) flavored water
(2) a morning walk
(3) trying a new pattern
As I've been going through my fabric inventory I keep wanting to organize (once again!) my strip bins. The worst, most tangled one is my 1-1/2" strips, how do they keep getting tangled??
Meanwhile I ran across an old McCall's (December 2006) with a pattern that appealed to me, double nine patches in a square-in-a-square setting. Each little nine patch has dark fabric in the corner and middle positions.
The instructions say *gasp*
"...from assorted prints cut a total of 1,250 squares 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" ... stitch 9 assorted 1-1/2" squares together to make a nine patch"Say whaaaaat?
Well, I have a better idea!
This is where those tangled 1-1/2" strips come in.
Sew much ugly fabric in that strip bin!
I stitched light and dark strips into pairs...
Strip pairs became light/dark/light and dark/light/dark trios.
Then I cross cut the trios into 1-1/2" threesies...
Sewing those threesies together to make the nine patches will eliminate a lot of piecing time.
And, it will use up just a few of the tangled strips in my 1-1/2" strip bin!
Sew much easier, yes?
Well, today's the day I've been waiting for since last October - the annual Milltown Quilters shopping trip to Lancaster, PA! Since the weather is supposed to be nice with no rain in the forecast, I know our good time will be even better!
That's it for now, sew forth and sew on til later
Happy shopping! I hope you find lots of good fabric - you need to replace all those 1.5" strips you've used up! 8)
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Love hearing about this scrappy project. I have ugly fabrics too so it is a challenge to place them. I also bought my 'quilting' gloves at the hardware store and that is a great tip about using the barbell. I have 5 pound weights that would work great I think. Keep us posted!
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