Making some decisions can weigh you down. Years go by, and you still are hanging onto things that are not used, because the decision to give them away is so difficult to make? I'd not used my much-used, much-loved, sewing machine in 10 years and I found someone who needed a machine. So, after cleaning the cabinet, oiling all it's parts, emptying it's drawers, and 'driving' it a bit, it was once again, starting to tempt me, but I had wisely already PROMISED it, so away it goes. This young lady is the same one who had the wedding in the snow, last October. She's a practical gal, hard working -- note her transportation vehicle! The old machine, in it's big cabinet, is packed under the blue tarpolin, between the bags of cattle feed. Her mom is in HER truck, and DH is tieing things down.
Below are my recently completed scrappy churndash blocks - I used the dark green framing to kinda coordinate the scrappiness together. Funny, the ones that really 'didn't go' are the best ones, giving it life. After sewing on the dark green, the green seemed too overwhelming, so I trimmed off 1/4 inch. I have a murky plaid green (shown) that might work as background.
I purchased one yard of the green framing strips, but the rest of the fabrics are pulled from my boxes of scraps, already trimmed. Thank you Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville for this suggestion to trim the scraps to a usable, standard size. Making the blocks was so much easier, and there is little planning needed, when one gets the feeling to SEW.
I'm gonna LOVE this one!