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August 26, 2021
Still sorting and cleaning.............. from Exuberant Color


I'm still wandering into my studio and trying to sort, straighten up and clean the room.  What do I find?  Piles of pieces and parts that have no project in sight.  There are enough 9 patches for 4 blocks and strip pieced units for 5 blocks.  This will all go into a box with a label for later consideration.  It looks like a winter project when the TV show fall season starts.


These are machine embroideries on a black print batik.  I have several more of the Mola type designs and I was planning on doing a quilt with ...

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August 11, 2021
Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 31 from Life in the Scrapatch

 


Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show  ~ Week 31

I am working on my 30 Days of Improv Blocks QAL .

Here is my Block 2 for Stripes Week.

The prompt suggested working with skinny and wider strips as a design element.

I am happy with this block and think it will work well with my last week blocks.

I was thinking "filmstrip" when I was playing with the narrow black and white print strips.  Adding the strip border made with my shorter strip pieces adds a nice improv touch, I think.

Playing with these strips has been a fun diversion from all ...

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Tuesday's To-Do ~ 30 Days of Improv Week 2 from Life in the Scrapatch


 Week 2 ~ #30daysofimprovqal ~ Stripes

This week we are playing with our strips for the improv challenge.

I gathered what was left of my scraps from last week ... 

and there really were not many.

So I cut a nice pile of colorful strips of varying widths and wonkyness. 


Day 1 called for sewing strip sets by alternating directions of or stitching.

I have been doing this for strip sets for many years.


I sewed in pairs. 


Then I paired them up and sewed in the opposite direction. 


Then I pressed and sewed some more.


At the end of my sewing time ...

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