I took my first quilt class in 2003. Every year I push
myself to learn more and improve my skills. One of the most import things I’ve
learned is when you have fabric you dislike, you need to cut it up. The less
you like it, the smaller the pieces need to be. I was cleaning out my stash the
other day, and had filled a few grocery sacks with fat eighths, fat quarters
and even half-yards of prints that definitely weren’t sparking joy: ugly fabric
that had already been purged from other quilter’s stashes and given to me. They
wouldn’t have been happy with my 1860’s or 1930’s reproduction prints. But as I
lifted the sacks to tote them to my car, I realized they DID seem to like each
other. So, I’m hacking away at these homely prints, and making them into log
cabin blocks. Instead of donating bags of cotton, I’ll donate a finished quilt!
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