The One with a Stitch & Bitch

This past weekend I finally made it over to my quilty friends for a good ole' fashioned stitch and bitch. You know, you lug way too many WiPs, extra fabric, batting and more notions than you can shake a stick at, PLUS your sewing machine, to a friends house where you proceed to make mounds of snipped thread and scraps, gossip, eat and Quilt! I loves me a good stitch and bitch :)

Here is my new pouch I am toting notions in. Such a show off! I know I should make one for myself! But again, afraid of the zipper, and this one was on sale!

First in the bag was a block for the ModQImprov B. Jennifer (my stitch and bitch partner by the way) wants the group to make an Improv Herringbone from the 13 Spools Tutorial. Let me tell you, this block has generated lots of discussion. Mainly because it looks pretty friggin complicated to make!

But you know what, once you do the fist two "bones, you get the hang of it. And it looks really cool!I only got one column done today, but I hope to finish it tonight.

From the same Bee, I pulled out the scrappy Improv blocks that the girls sent to me in June.The great thing about quilting with a friend is you can brainstorm on quilt issues. Like how would I make these squares into a top?

Here are nine of the blocks together. They look great! I love all of the color and texture from the inprov piecing. The issue becomes that I only have 11 blocks (not that I am complaining!) and 11 blocks do not make a very big quilt. I want to donate this so would like it to at least end up a throw size.

So I though maybe I could make more blocks. But can I tell you, I have so many other projects on the go, that  just don't want to make more blocks for this one? (guess I just told you) I could do a single wide border around a center square, or regular sashing. None of this was working for me. Then Jennifer had the amazing idea to set each block in a square of white, but have them "free floating" in the white. When I join them all together there will be different pockets of negative space. Love It!

So I started adding some white borders. When you do that, each block looks like it's own little masterpiece

Aren't they great!What are you working on this week? I am so determined to get through my WiPs. I am on a quilty mission!
Adrienne

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