Weekly update: workshop, component parts, and bargains

Dorothy asked if I had any queen-sized or thereabouts quilts available.  I had two that might do, and when the AAUW book group met at her retirement complex on Wednesday I took them.  She liked them both and bought  this one .  "It sleeps well," she reported.

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I gave myself a birthday-month treat on Saturday.  A guild in the next county had openings for a workshop with Jane Sassaman.  (Thank you, Ann, for your encouragement!) My calendar was open and V was available to take care of Stevens. 

Jane used her Moths and Moons pattern to teach us her applique technique.   She is an experienced and patient teacher.

The supply list called for 10 FQ of coordinating prints.

Here's my class project in process.

These are by other class participants.

It was nice to see Sue Daurio again.  I found out later that another participant is the sister of an AAUW friend. 

Jane brought some of her other quilts to show us.  

She had FQ bundles of her Free Spirit fabrics and, yes, I bought some.  (My birthday treat, remember?  As though I need an excuse....)

I got home shortly after 4 p.m.  All went well for Stevens and V.  

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each round features the neutral batik

My June OMG is to make a tote bag to take to the ALA conference at the end of the month. 

I finished the 2019 guild round robin (here) for the May OMG.  The 2018 guild round robin was still in the box.  The proportions bothered me: the wide band of red, the wide margins of the blue, and then the teeny checkerboard squares (those are all pieced!) at the two ends.

Well, it wasn't going anywhere the way it was so I unstitched it into its component parts. 

Some of these will become this month's tote bag.  You'll need to come back to see which ones. 

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In April I went to  an estate sale in our neighborhood .  The basement had boxes and boxes and boxes of fabric -- 99.9% of which was polyester double knit.  I got some cool stuff but NO double knit.  This weekend they had another sale.  These photos are of the basement.  The upstairs was less crowded than it had been, but there was still a lot.   ("My grandma started a lot more than she finished," admitted the grandson on basement duty.)

It was "fill a box for $10" and I did.  

I got more Scholastic/Tab books for my friend Betsy.  (I was tempted to keep the three Katie John books but I didn't.)  

I got an 8-yard bolt of Christmas border print. 

And all these trims, most still in the cellophane wrappings. 

Most are Wright's, Boiltex, or Trimtex. Some are J. C. Penney. Some are Talon.  

These companies are new to me.   Price, Shimmin, and Kalal was a wholesale notions company.  Most likely this rick rack was made by another company and repackaged for PSK.  

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Linking up with Sew and Tell Oh Scrap! Design Wall Monday

P.S.  Remember iron-on hem tape?  The fusible strips didn't hold very well!