If you blow up the fourth picture, you will see a bin labeled “Fabrics to Sort”…yeah, I have a few of those where I just throw in fabrics after I am done using them…as long as you can find what you need, you have to do what works for you. I quit sorting my kimono fabrics because I found that the way I work with those is to dump the whole bin on the floor anyway. No sense sorting them (and some other specialty fabrics).
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Thank you! Mine came from Angie Attwood here in the UK, they are Westalee Rulers, who have this YouTube channel.
The set came with grippy tape for the back, which helped them not move too much.
The pack is on the left side of this photo, and apparently I took a more detailed pic.
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Finally getting to bingo. Its been a busy quarter so far. These are my cards.
And two prompts.
Least favourite part of quilting
It used to be crawling in the floor pinning quilts, with my new machine that won’t be happening -yay. So my current least favourite part of quilting is not getting to it. I’ve been busy and distracted and have pieces cut and ready to sew on my table, in my machine for weeks however next week our quilting group meets, so I am setting aside the day to work on it.
How did my quilting journey start
It was 1986 and I was about to turn 19 and staying with my sister in England. She had bought fabric for a quilt, it was toning rather than any precuts. She had lost interest so I finished it.
And then in about 1988 I had moved to London and bought my first sewing machine and had access to the few quilting books that had made their way across the Atlantic. Also my (future) sister in law worked at the designer Norman Hartnell, she gave me a bag of scrap fabric. She told me that some of those scraps were from outfits made for the queen. So my quilting journey had a slight glamour -even if I’ve always been a staunch non-royalist.
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Those look amazing! Thank you!!! Mine came with grippy things too.
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Wow…lots of quilty goodness there! Now I am off to learn about these templates…I really hate that I limit myself to a few basic quilting patterns. I love learning new things and also hearing of your experience with these new tools!
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Progress: My smaller lidded boxes arrived. I thought 6 would be enough for Fat Quarters and the scrap cuts I like to keep around. Nope. No where close. Part of me wanted to spend time refolding every fat quarter to be exactly the same size, so I could pack each box perfectly. But that would have been 2 days of ironing and folding. At the moment I can’t seem to steal 2 hours in my studio. So instead I settled for 2 neat stacks per box. One of the larger FQ folds (stuff from big box stores), and one behind it that are folded smaller (from quilt shops).
I also decided not to fill them too full. Leaving a bit of room for expansion, but also just so if I dig through and take something out, I’m not left with a mess that won’t fit back into the box. Here’s a side view to show you what I mean.
Since that wasn’t enough to organize everything, I ordered 6 more of these smaller bins, along with 3 of the big deep boxes, and 4 of the shallower ones. I keep running into random categories, like backing fabrics, and “orphan quilt blocks” that could use homes, so they stop getting shoved on top of other things when I don’t know what to do with them.
Meanwhile the fabric I’ve been waiting for to make my High Five Challenge project has been delayed. I ironed and cut everything I can. Now it’s just a waiting game. Grrrr…
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That’s such a cool story! I don’t support the idea of a monarchy in theory, but in practice I’ve warmed to our king, because he’s a much more sensible head of state than the idiots we keep electing. Much less of a fan of the British royal family though. I do feel like Norman Hartnell’s designs for them have absolutely defined royal fashion. The designer himself seems to have been forgotten a little bit, but you can clearly see his influence until this day. I think it was such a nice thing when one of the queen’s granddaughters borrowed a Hartnell dress from grandma for her Covid wedding.
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My fabric for the High Five Challenge still hasn’t arrived, but I got work done on the tote bag for my Physical Therapist.
It’s hard to see, but I did straight line quilting in the black base, and a free motion looping line between the rows of hands.
I’ve got pockets in the lining pieces too. Now to trim and square up before I have to cook dinner…
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That truly is the perfdct fabric
Love how your loopy quilting highlights the hands. Do you have a deadline of when you have to have it done?
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@MistressJennie, I love the quilting on your bag panel! I’m jealous of how nicely you and @AIMR both have your fabrics organized.
@LittleCogs, are those all the goodies you got at the quilt show? It looks like you got some great stuff! There’s a quilt show I go to each year and I like to take a pic of my purchases after. It helps me keep track of when I picked the items up and I like to think that it helps me stay track. My goal is always to use most of the items before the next year’s show (then I can justify more purchases 
).
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Thank you, everyone for your patience! Here is all the fun stuff for August:
August Prompt:
Inspired by:
The night sky, the beach, or Halloween
Quarter 3 Challenge
(July 1 - September 30)
Create/Quilt something inspired by quilty media.
Quilty media is pretty much any ‘media’ that has to do with quilting. You can quilt a pouch inspired by a YouTube tutorial. You can create a create a block inspired by the BOMs on your favorite quilt blog. Heck, you can even participate in a mystery quilt sewalong on Facebook. So long as you create something inspired through “the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the internet),” it will work for this challenge.
*Media definition provided by Oxford Languages.
Goal List:
Feel free to share your goals or to add to your current goal list.
August BOM:
August:
Dutch Treat Block - nominated by @AIMR
54 versions of this block - scroll a little ways down on this page to see the block done in 54 different color variations
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Today’s Bingo prompt is:
Share your favorite quilty media
*The term “quilty media” refers to any media (videos, books, magazines, blogs, etc.) related to quilting.
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-I MistressJennie , offer my Helping Hands Tote Bag for my small challenge entry.
AND
-I MistressJennie, submit Make a Thank You gift for my Physical Therapist for my goal list entry.
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I really like the way the black accents the lighter fabric!
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I can’t wait for you to tell us her reaction! The bag is very practical but also so lovely! Nice job and just so thoughtful!
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@MistressJennie the loops are perfect, they add a lovely texture. The bag turned out lovely, the strong contrast in your fabric choices is delightful (and also practical!)
@AudiobookLover yeah, that was my not fabric shopping. This was my fabric shopping.
I got a bonus from work and decided to round out my fabric collection.
I did Karen Brown’s colour zone exercise (it’s on her Just Get It Done Quilts YouTube channel) and used that to work out what colours I liked and which were missing from my stash. I also got to go to a talk Karen did, which was wonderful. She is my favourite quilting YouTuber. I love her down to earth style and the solutions she suggests for loads of things. She also does an interesting podcast on quilting and quilt adjacent topics. I like this Brandon Wolf one.
The second two pics are a Ruby Star Society fat quarter bundle I got, Birthday by Sarah Watts. A lot of the fabric I have is very attention grabbing hero prints, and they are hard to pair with each other, so I mostly focused on plainer and more blender style patterns. Though I couldn’t resist a few patterns; the tomatoes just made me smile.
I love your idea of using all the purchases by the next Festival of Quilts. Not sure if I’ll manage it 
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I know I never do. But I am happy when I’ve used a good amount of my purchases before next year. I’m always in awe when I see those studios that some people have that are just packed full of such a variety of fabric. But, I always wonder how in the world they’ll use them all. I try to keep my stash decently full, but far below the point of overwhelming.
You got so many fun fabrics. I can’t wait to see how you use them!
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Today’s Bingo prompt:
Embellish your quilt project
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Thank you 
yeah, I do wonder too. My cotton fabric fits in two of these IKEA JONAXEL drawers at the moment, but it will probably be three by the time the new stuff is folded and away.
Then there is a KALLAX cube of not cotton in a cupboard. Oh, and I’ve just remembered there are two or three crates of misc furnishing weight fabric and linen in the loft
This is my drawers before Festival of Quilts:
Oh, and just because it’s fun, this stand won the Best Decorated Large Stand at the show:
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