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went to our quilt guild meeting last night where the guest speaker was Bonnie K. Hunter. She was great! She spoke of her nearly 30 year journey of quilting, tackling her mountains of stash fabric - she was so energetic and upbeat. Her style is scrappy and she brought dozens of her fabulous quilts to show. She had great suggestions and ideas on how to organize and use your own stash. Most of her patterns use 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3.5 inch strips. She recommends cutting scraps into strips and storing them according to size. She then says to cut them into small squares and use them as leaders and enders when strip piecing. Voila! Before you know it you've got a box of 4 or 9 patch blocks. She also suggests ways in which to use those outdated fabrics that you just don't know what to do with and can't bear to throw out. When cut into small pieces you don't see the print as much as the color and value.
She also discussed working on projects in 15 minute intervals. Our lives are so busy these days it's difficult to set aside hours to sew but, if you just set aside 15 minutes per day to cut, sew press or whatever - before you know it you've finished a quilt!
Check out her website at the link above. She has lots of ideas and free patterns too.
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