by Nancy
It’s about a month until All Together Week – yay! What would crackpots like to do this year? The traditional making of blocks for a charity or Project Linus quilt or top? What pattern? I like the past year’s Project Linus kites, but I’m open to anything. Or do we want to do something different? Everyone get together and sew on our current projects? A workshop by Marty on making little zippered bags? A workshop by me on making a reusable shopping tote?
What do all of you think?
Well, goodness, decisions, decisions. I will be happy with any of the above – or even all of the above, but we need to leave time for Captain Sundae, kayaking, theatre-going, and sandbox playing. Not to mention the lake. A workshop from Marty on little zipper bags may be tops on my list since I am still intimidated by zippers and haven’t installed one in about 30 years. Then again, I DO like your shopping totes, and I’m sure I could really use one, and I can picture myself getting carried away and making scads of them. Then, just to add another variable, there is the possibility of Korean-style tissue box covers. One of my tax clients gave me one (don’t tell – we aren’t supposed to accept gifts of any kind) and after I figured out how it works, I became impressed by its simplicity. It’s just a rectangle of fabric, no zipper, no buttonholes, just a bit of velcro. And of course the rectangle can be pieced. Since I don’t think it is possible to post photos in a comment, (Cathy – is that correct??) I’ll promptly add a post so you can see what it looks like.
Hi all! No, I don’t think you can post an image in a comment, but I see that Ann has already gotten around that limitation by putting it in its own post!
As for what to do during All Together Week, I would vote for another quilt top: I don’t really have an ongoing project to work on (though I am trying to get back to hand-quilting the Half Square Triangle quilt and may bring that with me), and I like the collaborativeness of the quilt tops. I have a slight preference for pieced over paper-pieced, but I’m happy with either kind.
I definitely DO want to do a Quilting Day or Quilting Morning, though, and I have already informed the men in my family that they will be On Their Own for that morning/day, so there.
I vote for another quilt top – I don’t have any sewing-projects-in-progress. (ok, I probably do, but I’ve been in denial of them for quite some time). I like the kite pattern – would the plan be for scrappy kites?
I’m flexible. I’ll have sewing machines, ironing board, tea, coffee and teddy grahams ready for whatever we decide.
Private tutoring in zippers could be arranged.