I'm going to join the EPP-a-long at Life Under Quilts with my big blue hexie blob. However, because I'm not quilting stars, I'd been wondering how to track my progress. The blob, as you can guess, has been growing and growing in a very disorganized (organic?) way. Then I remembered a thrift store in Toronto called By The Pound. True to it's name, you would pay for second-hand clothes by weight. I bet you can guess where this is going.
How am I going to track my EPP progess? I decided that a kitchen scale was the best way/weigh.
Currently, the big blue hexie blob weighs 410 grams. My goal for next Monday is 430 grams. I think this is a pretty ambitious goal. 10 basted hexies weigh 9 grams, but once they're in the quilt, I'll take the paper out. I'm guesstimating that an increase of 20 grams equals about about 35 sewn hexies. I'll let you know.
Susan Sato, Myrah Brown Green and members of the Quilters Guild of Brooklyn have an exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza.
The quilts are spectacular.
Go check it out!
My friend studies lipids. One day he showed me a model of how the fat molecules naturally assemble to form these layers, which then happily attach themselves to the cells on your belly and the underside of your upper arm. I was struck by the bold geometric pattern and immediately thought that they would make a great quilt. Here it is, "The Fat Quilt".
When you think about it, there are many ways that lipids are like quilts.
1) They accumulate gradually, small pieces at a time, and before you know it you have enough to share!
2) They can keep you warm in the winter.
3) They both are a lifestyle.
4) Both are difficult to get rid of.
I love this quilt.
This was my first attempt at long arm quilting. The woman at the quilt store was supremely annoyed that not only had I pieced the back (oh the horror!) but I had also failed to square the sides off exactly. She sighed exasperatingly and shook her head every time she looked at it. She also told me at least a dozen times that I needed to take her basic quilting techniques class. No, thank you.
Once I got it all set up and pinned on, the long arm was a lot of fun. I may have gotten a bit carried away and the result is reminiscent of 'Harry and the Purple Crayon'. But I think it goes well with the circular theme of the quilt. Don't you?
