Our guild hosted Ami Simms as speaker and workshop leader on Friday and Saturday. OMG, what fun we had! We laughed until we cried. Ami is a seriously fun person. If the quilt thing doesn't work out for her (doubtful), she can always do stand up comedy. Yes, she is that funny. We learned how not to make a quilt, about the Yo-You Sisterhood of the Traveling Panties, and how to make a wonderful string pieced star. This is a great project for using up those scraps. I started out looking for a large enough piece of fabric for the background (3/4 yard needed) and then pulling whatever I thought would go with it. As if anything really goes with cheddar! My eye settled on the stacks of fall and Halloween fabrics and from there it was just a tiny glance to the right to find the cat fabrics. Cats go with Halloween, don't they?
The fun thing about this project is that quarter inch seams don't matter. You make the string sets, and whatever measurement you get after making them, determines the size of the half square triangles and center squares. No stress, just fun. Most of us went home with the top mostly pieced. I will add the string pieced border that Ami suggests. ARs (Alert Readers) will notice a slight smudge in the upper left cheddar square that I will admit is from chocolate icing. Enough said.
To see more of what we made, go to Ami's Facebook page.
LOL, sounds like a great time! It's so nice when a speaker is a good speaker as well as a good quilter. That's not always the case!
ReplyDeleteSo I have heard, although I have not personally had a bad experience. The national level quilt teachers are at the national level for a reason. If they are deficient in some respect, word quickly gets around.
DeleteChocolate and cheddar! Almost as yummy as the block itself! What size is this anyway?
ReplyDeleteAs it now stands it is 31.5 inches square. But more is to be added.
Deletethis is such an interesting block Mary, think I have worked out that you have just joined lots and lots of strips together and then cut them out, so very effective, if I tried to have a go at ll the blocks you share with us I would never get anything else done!
ReplyDeleteRight you are, Margaret. Nothing gets by you!
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