Tuesday I did a little in the studio: straightened up the fabric so I could put away three containers of fabrics that I separated out some time ago. Generally one container of solids goes into the camper when we are traveling--you just never know when you need something that can coordinate with the rest of the quilt. A big container with a variety of solids can really help out in a pinch.
A second container holds stripes and plaids that I first pulled out to create a kit of, yes, stripes and plaids. Since I was working on that over the weekend, I decided to haul the container along. And it's good that I did because I needed another row to make the quilt a bigger size, which I decided as I was sewing the pieces together. Right now it's 72 by 80, but that could change.
The final container holds word fabric that I've been collecting since word fabric came out. Just a piece here and there, occasionally a few fat quarters, maybe a yard. Now, there's enough word fabric to make several word quilts. I made one top while at retreat. It takes much longer to piece a top improvisationally than to mindlessly sew 8" squares.
Of course, no matter whether you're working in improv or working with easy one-patch blocks, you have to stop talking and sew. Yeah, there's a reason I didn't get as many tops completed as last year when I was a newbie. Maybe I was a little uncomfortable and possibly less opinionated. But that was not the case this year. In fact, I may have had a little too much fun. What do you think? Are you a little more introverted when you're around people you don't know?
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