Happy Friday? I was diagnosed yesterday with Lyme's Disease. The upside? I went to my DR right away when I knew something was wrong and I got a fast diagnosis and I'm on a 3 week treatment regiment.
Last weekend I participated in an Zoom workshop with Maria Shell provided by Vermont Quilt Festival and here is my project so far. The yellow notes are the width of the columns that I want - yes I did make a big boo boo before I added the notes, lol.
We didn't sew at all the first day during the 3 hour workshop, so I got busy after the class and started in.
Here are the first blocks I made. Maria calls these Short Rows.
Tiny Crosses - you'll notice I used some leftover trimmings here and there.
Here is a block I've named "venetian blind". You can see it, right?
My favorite block of Maria's is one she calls cave/canyon. I find it very intriguing. It is a log cabin variation.
Pros:
no travel (or travel expenses)
no packing my stuff
no packing my machine
Having all my good sewing stuff right with me
No pressure or competition with other students
Cons:
no travel opportunities
no being with my friends
no interaction with the instructor
no meeting new quilters
no benefit of seeing other students work
Have you taken a ZOOM workshop? what did you think?
I may try an hour of sewing at the machine today before returning to my chair for rest and hand quilting.
I hope you are all doing well and staying safe.
xo