Some of our guild members are participating in a 'brown bag challenge'. Each participating member was to put 5 fat quarters into a brown paper bag and put either the letter A or B on the outside. A means that whoever received the bag could only add one fabric of their choice to what's in the bag - B means that you can add as many fabrics as you want. All the bags were placed on a table and then we were able to pick a bag. We have no idea who the bag belongs to and we're not supposed to know who has ours ( I accidently saw my bag being selected so I do know who has mine).
Because I put a B on the outside of my bag and because this is my first time attempting something like this, I chose a bag with an A on it. How was I to know that it contained FOUR PRINTS and the fifth one is a print, too, but can be read as a solid - just barely. I am not a print person especially if stripes are involved... and that's whats in the bag... stripes, floral and what I would call geometrics. The prints are small - with the exception of the floral which is not HUGE, but is still pretty big.
With the help of one of the facebook groups that I belong to, I found a solid color in my stash that will work as the 'one from my stash'. Now to find a pattern or idea that will be large/small enough (minimum outside measurement is 40"; I can't remember what the maximum is but it doesn't matter because I know I won't be exceeding it). It HAS to be a quilt top - no tote bags, placemats, etc.
Yesterday afternoon, I tried a paper piecing pattern... it finishes at about 4" and I thought that I could make 9 of them to meet the minimum. Well, after doing one in scrap fabrics, I decided that I didn't want to do multiples of it - too many itty bitty pieces.
I do have one other paper pieced pattern that I might try - with larger and fewer pieces. If that doesn't work, I'll have to find something else.
Oh, and did I mention that the finished project is due four weeks from tonight? argh
In the meantime, my San Antonio Star quilt is STILL on Mo'e waiting for me to get it quilted. There's no way I felt like working on it while trying to pass a kidney stone last week and this week I've been focusing on Christmas gifts and the Brown Bag Challenge while trying to get back to myself after apparently passing the stone. I did get another pair of towels done the day before yesterday. Two pair done, five pair to go.
The borders on the San Antonio Star are the part that I haven't quite decided how I'm going to do. They are made with dimensional flying geese... and to make it more 'interesting' there are two rows of geese - each flying in a different direction. The pattern I choose to use must be able to stitch those geese 'wings' down so that they won't get caught on something ( like toes). I'm thinking about waves, but I've also seen one that is like half a heart with a star in the 'middle' of the heart. This one might work if I do four rows of stitching and switch the direction of the hearts for two of those rows... sounds confusing, right?
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| see how the rows of geese are flying in opposite directions? |
Ok, I've stalled enough.... off to get started on SOMETHING. :)
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