It's been a calm and productive week in the studio of Melva Loves Scraps and I am relishing the quieter routine of winter and the presence and prevalence of Shalom. But before I get into that let's take a look at this week's randomly selected feature... Alycia at Alycia Quilts showed off her January Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks. She calls them Chunky Churndashes. They're fun and bright! And I am guessing that they will be paired with some red blocks to become a Quilt of Valor. I mean, Alycia is the QUEEN of QOV, at least in my eyes. ;)
Head over to her blog to learn about the pattern and read about her scrap organization method. It seems much more organized than my big scrap bin of bits and pieces just tossed in. LOL!
I mused about the author's worldly travels and asked myself if I would ever be brave enough to travel by myself... World travel? Probably not. Though I do think I would be brave enough (if something happened to Dave tomorrow) to buy myself a campervan and do some traveling within the US. I'd start with some closer-to-home destinations first and then venture just a bit further.
My college roomie has a group of ladies that have done international travel... that is something I could be interested in. Group travel... sign me up! ;)
When I finished listening to Eat, Pray, Love I started looking in the scrap bin and stash for fabrics to represent my block for the Bookish Journal. I knew what I had in mind, but I also knew I didn't have any fabric that had spaghetti on it. LOL! I also couldn't find the specific fabric I wanted for "Pray".
Fruit for the Eat, a stained glass look for Pray as it represents, in my mind, a sanctuary and roses and hearts for Love. That was fun!
Though technically not IN the studio, I've spent time on the computer creating the Little House Sew Along logo and began writing out the first patterns. It can be a tedious process. I've used most of the blocks in previous sew alongs but they need to be re-sized for this sampler quilt. I'm writing out some of the math lessons as I go.
I'm not able to listen to books when I am writing but I did enjoy a lighthearted book by Melody Carlson entitled The Christmas Tree Farm as I sewed on the hanging sleeves for the Color Wash Quilt. I sewed one at the top edge and then I sewed on small sections in the middle. the pockets on the edges have the ends sewn shut and I have taped the dowels together in the middle so that they can't slip or push in which causes the widest point to sag.
The Christmas Tree Farm was a short book and just what I needed to get out of my head and overthinking life. I recently saw a meme that had someone saying to a person with their head in a book... "You spend so much time reading that you are going to lose touch with reality." The response was, "Have you seen reality lately?" Hahaha. Sometimes we need to escape!
Some people travel, some read, some sew or quilt or craft... Do you remember the Calgon commercial? "Calgon, take me away!" Now I'm just dating myself. LOL!
When the world gets a little too real for you, how do you "escape"?
Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you!
By, the way... Thank you for all of the book recommendations last week! I have a list a mile long and will begin making my journey through them.
Keep Piecing,
Melva
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