Pat Findlay's Studio Time

Since my last post, my husband and I have made the decision to apply for an apartment in an Assistive Living Facility.  This means moving from a three bedroom, with basement, house to a small 1-2 bedroom apartment with a meal program.  My studio takes up 3/4 of our finished basement.  My kitchen had 9 cupboards, along with 6 drawers, all full of junk.  But the main problem will be the studio. OMG!  Last year, March 16th, I started a 30 day purge of the studio that lasted a full year, almost to the day.  I got rid of a lot, but nothing compared to what faces me now.  So what did I do, you ask?  Well I sat down and started three more donation quilts.  I've been wanting to try the " Twosie-Foursie" method of getting rid of scraps and I had three deep drawers full of scraps.  After 4 days of hard work, I have the basics of those three donation quilts, including  three 91/2" quilt squares, and one 16" square to be used in the center of o...

  At some point I've mentioned that there were three projects for which I had purchased supplies and tucked it away for some future time.  I also mentioned that these three projects are the last step in completing The major studio purge that was started on Mar16 of last year.  At this point one is completed, one is in progress, and the third awaits. The finished project is 4 special small quilts, one for the first-born child of each of my grandchildren.  The fabric purchased was very good quality flannel and some accompanying good quality cotton in the same colourway. The are not fancy, as they are intended to be used, not stored away in a trunk somewhere.  Here are pictures of each. Each is about 38" to 40" square. The "in progress" one is a commercial pattern for EPP.  The cutting and basteing is in progress but not enough stitched together for a picture.  I apologize for the alignment, but since the finished piece is circular maybe it doesn't matter...