Anyway the long and short is that I went to Oldham for lunch with my mum, 266 miles this time. I was in my van for 9 hours because there was a very serious crash on the M1 and I got lost in and around Oldham, what a day.
Today was a vast improvement :) I'm very stiff so I did some warm ups before I saw my trainer then we did some heavy duty exercise. After that I had breakfast and went to a quilting day at Eyres Monsell Community Centre. I have no idea how they did it but it only cost £10 for the day and that included a visiting teacher, a 3 course lunch and all materials.
We did 'disappearing 9 patch' and although we all started with 9 same size pieces of material we all ended up with something totally different. I learned 2 big new things and several hints and tips. One of the things I learned was framing.
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| I've unpicked the blue one, I hadn't noticed how the design turned out |
Both these blocks started as a simple 9 patch block, hence the name 'disappearing 9 patch'. The framing is the dark line round the pattered block and it separates the block from the sashing to make it stand out. The second (blue) block is not finished but then I'll quilt them and sew them together as a tote bag.
When I got home I noticed that my Geum plant by the back door had shed some petals and they are perfect heart shapes, how pretty is that :)
I am not very hungry after lunch so I will have a green smoothie for tea later.
Oops, I've just noticed the blue one is a swastika so I've unpicked it and I'll rearrange the squares :(
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