June Seams get-together last night.
At The Glen, Judy L. had asked me about Mile-a-Minute technique.
(Now there's an oxymoron...)
She was unsure just how to start. So we decided to bring scrap bins tonight and I was to do a little berzerko lesson on making these blocks. The written explanations may seem dense, but about a minute and a half worth of hands-on is all the tutorial needed.
Our Kara is a new quilter (so new she doesn't have many scraps) and was looking in on the Mile-a-minute-ing. We dug out some of the leftovers of the Mumbo Gumbos so she could give it a try too.
Kara was clearly underwhelmed.
Well OK. So it's not rocket science. And it's not great art or great quiltmaking. It's just a production-sewing way to burn through some scraps lickety split.
And I was digging in one of my scrap bins, I was amazed at the contents--some sizable hunks of decent fabric from yesteryear. I need to take a leaf from Bonnie Hunter and organize. She is absolutely my new idol.
It was a half hour's drive home from Seams. Then began the second half of the evening. I was so psyched--I dug through that bin till 1:00 a.m. and cut enough strips for a good-sized Log Cabin.
But what a wealth of other stuff too--tons of baggies of leftovers and false starts. There was a whole set of Bullseye Blocks in brights that I have no recollection of making.
There were sets of half-square triangles and hunks of pieced borders. Two bags, now combined, of multicolored batik strings. Scraps of everything from Tweetie Pie fabrics to Smithsonian repros, and everything in between. Green Bay Packer logo prints, anyone? Now here would be an orphan project challenge--trying to pull together something cohesive from all this...stuff.
Tonight I plan to dig to the bottom of this bin to see what other goodies await. When that's done, there is a second equally large bin. This should keep me busy for some time.
9 comments:
Wow Kathie, looks like Featherweight city there :-) I love all the treasures you've found, I wish I had a bin like that, I'm afraid I've rifled thru mine way too many times for that much to be hidden.
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
Bonnie has a bin of scraps and one of the fabrics that makes me crazy is the Pittsburgh Steelers fabric. I hate it. Actually throw the little bits away when I see them. Bonnie uses them tho. I can look at her crumb quilt that we made in January and at that incredible string star set on orange and there are little bits of the Steelers. Bonnie really does use every kind of of fabric together in her crumb/orphan/string quilts. You can make that all work together, really. I look forward to seeing your orphan quilt!
You should join Finn's orphan train challenge! I would, but I've already started using my only orphans in existance (I honestly don't have many) on another project. Could be a lot of fun!
Wow--all those scraps are making my head spin!! Gorgeous...
Oh you have a pretty tan featherweight! And I've wondered about those mile a minute quilts too! Thanks for the pics! Sounds like you had fun digging in your scrap bin!
It's so nice to find lost treats and surpries amoung our stash!
This all sounds like heaven to me!
Have fun playing about with your scraps. Would love to join you.
Oh, looks like fun! Wish I had the time right now.
I'm very impressed. I had a bit of a scrap sort recently, and find I don't have that much really.
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