zipper twosies

All my zipper blocks are in sets of  2.  I wondered how to evenly distribute the colors and make it random. I had made the blocks using the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. Each month, I took the color of the month scrap bag, and, cut out the block, and sewed them.

I decided to sew them into twosies. I took all the pinks and sewed each one to R-O-Y-G-B-I-V. Then I took red and did the same, and so on. I am sure in the end there will still be ugly combos and fabrics too close to each other, but, at least, I had a plan to follow.

On our mini vacation, I had a visit to a real quilt store- here is what caught my eye. I was in search of superior thread for my longarm. 3 stores and no one had it. sigh.. No idea why I decided to take pictures of these. Probably thinking - I have this stuff, too, so, I could make it. Oh, and, I didn't buy anything.

3 inch churndash

die cut alpha

wool applique

3/4 inch hexies

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wednesday wait loss

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Shopping therapy

While everyone else was without power, and buying flashlights and batteries, I wanted out of dodge and fabric buying. Preferably, somewhere with electricity ( air conditioning) and a place to charge electronics, And a little pretend nothing is wrong therapy.
Noblesville's Always in Stitches was celebrating their anniversary with a fabric sale. Fat quarter bundles of their choosing were 25 fat quarters for 30.00  They have a yarn shop in the store where I purchased sock yarn bits for the miter corner blanket, and a new needle saver.

I have a quilt finish and lovely slow binding to hand sew. One of my very favorite parts.

 Stash report

Fabric Used this Week: 13 1/4 yards

Fabric Used year to Date: 22 1/2 yards

Fabric Added this Week: 18.75 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 91 yards

Net Fabric for 2016: 68 1/2 yards in the hole

and I think I need to add shirts I buy to take apart for fabric. I added 0
for total of 5

My friend wanted to try a new yarn shop in Noblesville where I fell in love with this sock yarn of alpaca, silk, and cashmere.
I also bought a sock yarn that will knit up as fair isle - sounds interesting

 

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Shopping, rugs, field trip

Our group made a trip to a small quilt store in Twelve Mile, Indiana called Scarlet Thread. It is out in the country and requires a bit of navigating. We were on a mission to complete our set of Happy Bird quilt patterns for everyone in our group. And, hopefully, buy some Jen Kingwell fabric for the borders. It was quaint and friendly. Two other guild members happened to visit at the same time. lol

Our rug hooking group met on Tuesday and my big goal was to cut more background strips for my Christmas rug see here. Since it is my own adaptation of the pattern, I really don't know how much I will need to cut. I am using a #7 for my background.

We are so blessed to have as a group, a Beeline cutter with several blades for our use each week. One very devoted rug hooker takes it home and carries it back each week. We inherited it when an older member passed away and her family didn't want it. These cutters are wonderful, but cost nearly 600.00 and each blade is 150.00. As much as I would love to own one and have it at home, I could never afford that. sigh....

This is Carolyn's sheep, and she uses a hoop instead of a frame to hold her rug as she hooks.

This is Beth's rooster. She has a great sense of color.

Big trip to Archbold, Ohio for rug hooking week, and I will have many great photos. I found one rug, on exhibit, that was also quilted. hmm....

Here is my handwork for the car trip.

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