Friday, September 14, 2012

Learning kaleidoscopes and group quilt work


I was shopping the IDEA store here in town with some quilting friends, and came across a UFO that I snatched up.  It had about 70 blocks in batiks done, but some of the blocks were needing some re-sewing to fix some puckers, etc.  I picked up the whole thing for less than $10 (!).  The picture here is of blocks that either needed re-sewing, or I put together with the included scraps.  I put the rest of the blocks in the hands of our quilt group leader--we will probably try to put it together as a charity quilt while on retreat next week.








And this is my first attempt at a Ricky Tims style kaleidoscope quilt.  It was a ton of fun to make!  I learned a lot while making this with scraps/stash fabric,  and am really looking forward to making one with some seriously beautiful batiks from Threads.. and if it comes out well, it will adorn Dan's office.