Cspoonquilt

 When Randy (Barrister's block) and I went to Maine in June, Wendy (the Constant Quilter) who is a most wonderful hostess directed us to her friend Cindy who has great quilt shop, Busy thimble , in Litchfield, Maine .  Cindy was having her annual 30% off sale and she has a fabulous range of fabrics!  Randy and I definitely spent more than a few pennies! Lucky me I found an old French Laundry Fab that made a perfect match to a center of one of my UFOs.  And it was on sale!!!!  The print has two distinct bar prints running the length of the fabric.  Being the thrifty person I am I did not want to have to cut 4 full bars to make everything match so I ended up splicing the last border so's to conserve fabric (for what project I have no idea). So here's an easy accurate way to splice a border pattern: First I looked at each end of the cut fabric to see which end might have a better "match".   This one was pretty close. I folded  and ...

Note:  If you are a SBAMQG member looking for the Block of the Every Other Month instructions use the tab in the upper left for that link. Several years ago I tried  a self imposed system to reduce my number of UFO's.  I called it my 2 for 1 program.  I had to finish two projects for every one project I started.  It worked pretty well for awhile.  Of course being a mouse attracted to shinny things (well actually fabric)  I inevitably fell off the wagon and got distracted by this, that and the other... I have decided to renew my 'vow' so-to-speak and reinstitute my 2 for 1 system but go even further.  I will work only on UFO's until further notice.  I know that seems like a tall order but I have so many  I don't think I will be bored for quite some time.  I just have to keep from getting distracted by all those bright shinny things.  And, oh ya, stop buying fabric.  That would help with the stash reduction as well. ...