BLOCK 42

 Here is the 42nd block I made after watching this week's Cheryl Arkison's Quilters Playcation 2024.  I spent about 3 hours piecing together all of these little scraps - I had a lot of scraps.  I'm glad I found a place for them.

MORE CHURN DASH BLOCKS

This afternoon during Brave Patch's Monday Sewcial I sewed some more Churn Dash blocks.

 

MAKING FODDER

 I've been doing this year's Fodder Challenge this month.  The most recent using soft Plasticine to make relief plates with found objects.  Then I used them to make a few Gelli prints.  It was a learning experiment.  Some of the prints were complete failures.  But, some of them turned out great.

CHURN DASH WORKSHOP

 I attended an online workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood (and a bunch of other people) today.  She talked to us about improving a Churn Dash block and finding pivot points (a term she made up) to change the block and make it what you want.  It was very fun.  I really like the way Sherri teaches and helps us to get centered before we start.

I made this Churn Dash block.  And then I made a few more.

WEEK 41 OF IMPROV

 Finally, Cheryl showed up for this week's Quilters Playcation 2024 Improv block.

It was Chevrons.

TUESDAY TO-DO

 I was expecting to make this week's improv block today, but Cheryl had something come up and postponed it until tomorrow.

So, I was straightening the studio up a bit and ran across a container of strips I'd sewn together into very long strips.

I started sewing them together in a Log Cabin style.  I just kept going round and round until Jelly insisted we go in for dinner.

I can see doing this until it's a bed quilt.  

MAKING A BOOK BLOCK

 I glued together the pages to make a book block.

BREAKFAST DOWNTOWN

 Darrell and I left early and went downtown to see the new Waterfront Walkway. 

And I didn't take any pictures.

Then we went to breakfast at Biscuit Bitch on First Avenue.  We have been missing the one that was here in White Center until the Pandemic closed it and it moved out.

They make a good gluten-free biscuit, if a bit dry.  It's great with a coffee though.  They don't have inside seating.  You place your order at the door, then wait for them to call your name when your order is ready.

We took our sandwiches back to the overlook outside the Market, sat and looked out over the Sound while we enjoyed them.

It was a good morning.