Curve it Up Time Again.....

Tuesday and Wednesday of this coming week is Block of the Month time with Michelle and our favorite Curve It Up Ruler.  You won't have to suffer through my whining as I haven't done my blocks yet!  Michelle said they're easy - right? 

I haven't received any pictures from the GRMQG's January meeting so I don't have much to show and brag for you all.  One of the many things that women have to learn to improve on is bragging about ourselves....so quilters, mostly women, SEND ME PICTURES OF YOUR WORK.  It can be in any stage of the  completion progression.  The rest of us are always up for more inspiration - we can never have too much creative input - fabric YES! but not new ideas.  For those of you with smart phones just send me a photo from it to GRLady1950@gmail.com and I'll work it into the blog - I need new items to blurb about!  If you have a digital camera forward those pictures as well to the email address. 

One feature that would be nice is seeing the squares of the other BOM members.  I know many of you have purchased additional fabric or have chosen one of the florals made available to us.  The rest of us need to see your work!

Just so you have a picture today, I am showing my 2014 sampler quilt from the block of the month from Attic Window.  While I haven't assembled my 2013 sampler yet, the colors for 2014 were so uplifting.  While members had the choice of 30's fabric, Kansas Troubles, Civil War, batik, I and only a few other ladies chose bright batiks.  I spent many years in the garbage and sewage business and was very much involved with the waste-to-energy plant and the original recycling center.  When I retired many years ago I really thought  I had left that life behind.  Well, my scrappy friends have taken to sewing scraps onto used - AKA recycled- dryer sheets!  After my December knee surgery this girl wasn't too sharp to do any thinking or serious cutting.  16 of my multitude of well worn dryer sheets provided a shape onto which I resurrected my batik scraps....voila!  A 6" border!

While the interior 9 blocks appear traditional the use of bright colors makes them seem ageless.  I practiced the piecing of scraps without slashing.  However, with the smell of the sheets affecting my senses I finally got my trusty cutter out and started slashing finished blocks to add a new color aimed in a different direction.  It was fun and simple AFTER I got going.  Still have all 10 finger tips (but keep the crazy glue nearby).

If you want a new way to make continuous bias binding here's My Rainboots are Red tutorial using a fat quarter.  Just the name of her blog is enough to want you to visit it. 

Send me pictures, PLEASE!