Yes, I have been ironing the brown paper that came in my last Amazon parcel. It's the sort of thing that makes you really wonder where your marbles went, although I did have a very good reason - it makes great foundation-piecing paper.
I have been obsessing (as readers will know) over scrap quilts lately, and it is a fact that not all scraps are quite 2.5" wide and suitable to be made into squares, so I needed something to use up strips. I stumbled upon
Film In The Fridge's "
Kaleidoscope Quilt"and BOOM - the search was over.
I love how the little diamond shaped white frames give structure to the quilt, and the blocks are so easy they rapidly become addictive. There are some very treasured scraps in there, mixed in with bits of old shirts, and a helpful quantity of "scrap rolls" from any number of online fabric shops. Looking at them all gives me properly warm feelings, which is what this quilting business is all about, I think. Of course you do have to tear the paper off afterwards, which could be a bit of a chore... luckily I have a very useful helper for that bit. I
knew he was good for something.
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P.S. That girl's quilt I mentioned last week is
in the shop, at last!
