Having fun with Betsy's scraps.......this little pile of mostly blue is left overs and sized down parts from her latest quilt. In addition to that she gave me access to her 15 gallon rubbermaid tote, which was overflowing. Man oh man, did I have fun!!! Of course you can't do "justice" to a scrap bag or basket in one afternoon....so I do have an invitation to come back and play some more...*VBG*
When I got up there, she lives about 4 miles from me, way out in the country, we yakked...poured over the new Masten/Moran book, and had lunch. I decided I would be making "parts"....ala "The Parts Department". I took the lime green yardage with me, as it will be my nuetral in this quilt. I also took black
white prints, but never got that far.
I pulled out colors I like, has the pieces she liked tossed at me, and in general, had a ball!!! I cut and sliced and diced and sewed on her old Bernina.
She was busy making a strippy donation quilt from many old pastel strips. They had been trimmed off patchwork backing. And she did it "quilt as you go". By the time I left about 5, it was ready for her binding to go on. Above here are the 'beginning' of my new row quilt....definitely a parts department approach. And I brought home a few 'selected' scraps plus the bag of blue trimmings....lucky me!!!
We also discussed and agreed upon beginning a "trade you" project again. It may turn out to be much like what Gwen and Freddy did. I'm pushing for a whole stash of "parts"...made from scratch. She's not quite ready to commit to that one...LOL...but we are going to each be making broken dishes(starting with a 5" square) in brights and scrappy. Each pair of 5" sqs. sewn together will give us 2 broken dished blocks. We'll keep one and trade one...and then see what happens next. Should be alot of fun! Happy Friday the 13th everyone...watch out for black cats!