Progressive swap, and new sewing room (not mine)

Quilt seeds

 I had so much fun with the Bag Lady swap in 2012 that I proposed it to the Block Swappers .  Renamed the Progressive Swap, it's underway with five participants (including me).  I'm sending "quilt seeds" -- the red/white and green/white hourglass  units that have been my leaders-and-enders these past six weeks or so.  The others in the group can make these into blocks however they choose. 



Favors for the other four swappers



For settings, or sashes, or.....

For years and years my friend Irene has used a 9 x 10 bedroom as her sewing room.  This year she and her husband Paul have added a 16 x 32 foot room onto the back of their house just for her quilting studio.  (Paul is a printer and has an entire building for his collection of antique presses, Linotype machines, etc.)  She called me Saturday and asked if I'd like to help move and shelve fabric.  Of course! 

I knew she had a lot of fabric, but not until I saw it all did I realize the extent of her stash.   (And there is more in the upstairs bedroom, she told me, but I didn't go up there.)  
We folded and sorted fabric until we filled the shelves of 12 units (30x72x10). Paul has 8 units yet to assemble.


the old sewing room

Irene in her new space, with "Seafoam" walls



The back corner of the new room. A Handi-Quilter will go here.



In transit, in the living room