more fabric cutting.

[celticdragonfly]

I just came back downstairs after another session of working with the future-quilting-fabric, former-outfits.

Feeling the wear in the fabric, and thinking of what that one lady was insisting at the quilt show - yes, quilts made from these old calico outfits WILL wear out faster than brand new bought fabric. But then, since it's my first quilting, and sure to have lots of errors, I think that should be considered a feature, not a bug.

I think I'm getting faster at it all. Still slow. Cutting it all up, trimming it, ironing it. I kept reminding myself as cheerfully as I could that hey, I don't have to prewash this fabric! Having recently watched Animal House at a movie night, I started to feel like Brother Bluto trying to cheer up Flounder about his brother's wrecked car by bashing beercans with his head, and not doing much to help.

Then I started to think about what D-Day would do for a quilt... eeek.

Well, soon I should be actually cutting patches - which means I need to finally make up my mind on which size - and starting to piece. I did watch a Jinny Beyer video on patchwork. A lot of the start of it was "long involved tricks for quilters who are too scared to do the math", which did not feel relevant, but I did learn some useful things.

Comments

[absinthetears.livejournal.com]

*grins* and there's the I rembmber wearing that when X happened.

What sort of Blocks are you doing Hon?

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm starting as simply as possible. Plain nine-patch blocks. The plan is to checkerboard alternate them with plain muslin squares, in which I will theoretically quilt pretty designs, hearts or spirals or such. I will work up from there. I am NOT one of those crazy people who think "Oh, I'll start with a Double Wedding Ring first!"

Ummm..

[absinthetears.livejournal.com]

Sounds good ... Cats and Hearts are also nice basic blooks.

My Mom is one of those crazy quilt people but she never finishes..