Prep Time

Doesn't it seems like there are times

when getting anything prepped in order

to sew takes forever.

 This woman has such a cheerful attitude prepping a meal.

Oh, to be just like her this year!

School is back in session so I 'm back

on duty watching these two sweetie.

I spent all last week (happily) prepping

three different projects so when I

do have some free time, I can get to the fun part quickly.

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For years I've been tossing 1.5" and 1.25"

strips into this wire basket.

The basket overflowth!

My new leader and ender project for 2019

is going to be log cabin blocks.

In order to feel like I'm using my sewing time efficiently,

I precut a bunch of 

logs and laid them out

on two flannel boards.

One for the lights.

And one for the darks.

These precut logs will make it easy when I'm

 starting and stopping on other things.

Slowly the pile of blocks will grow.

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String piecing is the 2019 thing.

I found a piece of fabric that had been intended 

for something else, that is never going to happen,

so it became the palette for my string along.

Lots of colors means lots of fabrics

and lots of string.

I really haven't kept many strips,

other than that basket for log cabin block,

so it required looking through my bins to

find tons of fabrics for tons of strings

and start cutting.

Oh, what fun it is.

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If you caught up with my last blog,

you know I plan to try and do another

year of monthly mini quilts.

This is a  no pressure challenge,

but I did some prepping

 to get a head start on my January quilt.

I received a Quilters Select 6" square ruler from 

The Quilt Show for renewing my membership.

Had to give it a try.

It's a great ruler with a wonderful nonslip coating 

on the back.  I was impressed.

Pulled some fabrics that

seemed appropriate for January here in Colorado.

"The winter time blues."

The first week of January has come and gone,

but I hope we're all off and running.

Ready, Set, Go!

Until Next Time-

Kyle