Trying to understand the "squirrel" thing that bloggers are talking about.
I went to my tidy big sewing room to pull some reds for a valentine something.
This is what I ended up with from a random box under the table.
8 antique pineapple blocks I bought at an antique show maybe 15 years ago.
What to do with 8? What to do with them? Thinking I could make a center of some sort.for a table topper. Blocks are fragile..any ideas. I do not just want to "collect" any more. I want to make things useful or/give them away.
In that same box, I found another baby Mola from Panama from about 40 some years ago.
I made a mug-rug/potholder from it for a "Thank You" to a friend of mine.
This piece of Civil War fabric made a perfect backing.
I still have not pulled any red fabric for a Valentine top...
Is that what is called "squirreling"??? Going from one thing to another, forgetting the first goal?? Thus, making a clean sewing table into a great big mess!!
Today was such a lazy, sleepy day.
I hope I do not sleep thru the pool class tomorrow.
School back in session. Grateful.
4 comments:
For me, a squirrel is an idea or thought that derails what I had planned. Sometimes it is a photo, sometimes something I find or someone gave to me. It comes out of nowhere and takes over, pushing the planned out of the way. I am not a real squirrel fan as they come and wreak havoc in my yard and garden, but they come regardless rushing in just like the quilt squirrels.
For the pineapple blocks, I like the arrangement you have without one in the center! Maybe you could find something in your stash that could go in the center, like a similar low volume or yellow. I'm sure it would be fun to try with a bold green or red center, too. It would be really cool to have some fancier quilting in the center that mimics the lines of the pineapples.
When I have a seemingly useless number of odd blocks, I almost always make a table runner (8 blocks) or baby quilt..
8 blocks will work in an on point setting but it might be too big of a chore to find a setting triangle fabric. With the layout you have with no block in the center, why not try a big square of an African fabric print.
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