The eight dark squares are the blue. The rest is odds and ends--scraps!
Liz also made blue crumb blocks set with red for January--she doesn't have a blog so I'm posting them here--
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| Liz's Blue Crumb Quilt |
I took some pictures while at the Iowa Sweat Shop. This is a pic of a few of the Iowa ladies--
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| Gina, Sue, and Lorri |
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| Gina's Album Blocks |
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| Sue's School Colors Quilt |
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| The Flaw |
And you might have seen this vintage exerpt from a Singer publication--
I doubt that will ever be me!
Its warmed up, maybe in the 50's tomorrow. The snow is disappearing. Spring is right around the corner. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
10 comments:
Whee! The Sweat Shop looks like so much fun, and you got lots done, too.
That was a great bargain on the flawed flannel, what a find! I love your close ups of the album blocks to really see the fabrics. I often recognize a few from my own collection, LOL!
In 1949 I was 1 year old... OMG.
I remember once when I was about 6 my Mom hit her head on an open cupboard door. Dad did the dishes! Dad never did the dishes - Mom must really be hurting. We were aghast that Dad did the dishes. He never did them again while I was home. That was woman's work. He never vacuumed or did laundry either. Boy have things changed.
Hugs
My goodness, according to that ad, I am a heathen at the sewing machine. Dust my fingers with chalk? Wear lipstick? Do the dishes first? I think NOT!
Love the pinwheel quilt and all the album blocks.m
Pretty blocks. The scrappy album blocks are great.
That article was so funny! I see my sewing as another reason to avoid those dirty dishes and unmade beds. Quilting is much more fun than housework, and luckily my husband doesn't mind.
Wonderful blocks. I agree the Sweat Shop looks like a blast.
Oh my. That was fun to read. If I had to do all that to have some sewing time, I'd never have time to sew.
Sweat Shop sounds like fun.
I'm glad you had lots of fun! I'm ready to see pictures of a giant stash too, and how is it organized?
Lots of great sewing going on. Glad to hear that your machine is getting a workout. So nice to be productive.
That article was pretty entertaining. But I have to tell you, times have changed. I was at a funeral a couple of weeks ago for my aunt who was a very talented person. She was an artist, author and arranged operettas for school and most of all she was a nun. The priest was giving the eulogy and he was remarking on how talented my aunt was. He said the lesson here was when you felt like creating, then you should go create, where ever your talent was. In my head I was saying "Yes, I can sew whenever I want. Forget the housework!" So now whenever someone complains about something not done in this house, I tell them God said to go create.
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