Blog Hop and Going Primitive...

Give-away! Yeah!

I am participating in the Quilt Gallery-Blog Hop Party w/ Give-Away. (link to the right)   But what to give-away?  I’ve been collecting fabric seriously for more than 20 years.  So here’s my give away.  TEN - Fat Quarter’s (that’s a $25-$30.00 value) selected from my stash tailored to the request of the winner!   I’ve pretty much got it all; batiks, repro’s from the 1930’s and 1800’s, all colors, kids fabrics, bugs, food, flowers, oriental, flannels, plaids, etc...  The winner can request a smorgasborg or all of one kind.  Fun for you to make a wish list, fun for me to tailor a collection just for you.

What do you need to do?  Leave me a comment at the end of this blog ( please, just one comment per visitor) and a way I can contact you if you are the lucky winner.  I will even cover over seas shipping!  I will draw a name at the end of the blog- hop at midnight,  Pacific time and announce the winner by Weds. 

and here's my latest blog...

Did I mention going Primitive?

Traveling with your sewing / quilting supplies is a tricky business especially when traveling with your husband and not on a quilt-road-trip.  I brought my featherweight and a bag of flannel scrapes but I managed to leave my cutting board, rotary cutter and iron at my last stop.  My supplies are safe, our last stop was my mother-in-laws house. I like my mother-in-law well enough but I'm not ready to drive back there to get my supplies.  So I'm going primitive (so to speak).  Cut with scissors and finger press.

 Fortunately, I just brought a bag of scraps so a lot of the cutting was already done.  I use a lot of flannel for backings so I generate a lot of extra  flannel strip.  I figured there were enough scraps for a lap quilt.  I started to arrange them in rows and cut them off at around 36".  One of my new favorite scrap eaters!

When I got to about 45" in length I slapped on the ends. The triangles came out of the scrap bag and I just added the red to make them wide enough to fit. All I needed was some borders.  But not enough scraps!  I succumbed to temptation and went to the nearest purveyor of fabric.  Walmart!  Surprisingly I found some decent flannel, and only $6.00 / yard!

The top really needed a press before I could sew borders on.  That was when it dawned on me that I might be able to borrow an iron and board from the office where we are staying! duh!  Now, how to cut them borders?  I procured a tape measure and a pair of scissors from the local 99 cent store and away we go! I call it the point and shoot method, or in this case, point and cut!

It looks a bit like a giant spool of multi colored thread!  I think I might hand quilt it with big primitive stitches.  These scraps are actually the leftovers of leftover.  So that makes this the granddaughter.

Here's grandma:

Grandma's backside: (that sounds funny?!) I bought that check fabric for some PJ's for my older son when he was a toddler.  He's 26 now.  He was such a busy toddler I never got around to making those PJ's!

Here's daughter:

I know what your thinking...they all look kind of primitive.  I guess that's just the way I roll.
cheers, Claire W.

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I like comments that are specific.  ‘Love that quilt’ feels good for the appreciation factor. Making a comment like ‘the purple and green fabrics work well together’ contains more useful information.