Wednesday, June 17th, playing with fabric for a whole day!!

I was up very early today to continue to cut strips for today's workshop and get to Lake Forest by 9 a.m. What a great, fun day. The best part of the whole day was that we didn't share fabrics!! Which means that even though my quilt is scrappy it still all matches, because that's how the Thimbleberries line works. I walked in with another attendee who had very funky Sandy Gervais Christmas fabric and she didn't want to share either. So we decided to sit together so if that came up, we would be the odd balls.
The blocks we made for this project are very simple in concept, but Bonnie Hunter taught some wonderful tips that I will be utilizing in the future.
Even though it was simple, we still made mistakes. My first nine-patch:
Cindy's first finished block:
Pam showed us how it was to be done:
I am so glad I went and got to know some other guild members a little better. I went "by myself", without another good friend, which I think was a good thing.
By about 3, by behind was so sore from sitting on these generic conference room chairs, that I was ready to stop, but I am armed with new knowledge, new friends and renewed enthusiasm for my craft!!