Oh no, it's time for another Retreat!

 Yep. The time is upon me and I need to get 

ready to go to retreat. 

The sale is over so my time is now my own.

The first thing I'm going to 

take is Rainbow Scrap Quilt from the design wall.

It needs to be stitched

 together so it'll be an easy one to pack and to work on.

I have a small scrap quilt 

that some people call a waffle block.

 

I just need to figure out if I'm going 

to be adding lattice to it to make it a little bit larger

 or cut down a few bigger blocks to make them fit.

I do have an extra bag of scrap pieces 

already put together in strips 

so I might use that to make some more blocks.

Next I'll sort out and make 

more colored strings to put together for 

the next in this three-part series 

of rainbow scrap column quilts.

Just like a Marvel sequel,

 they are getting a little bit smaller 

with every one but it should have equal impact.

That will be good stitching for a retreat.

After that I also have the rainbow

 colored diamonds and two more steps 

two the mount scrapmore mystery to complete.

A random box yielded a potatoe chip type block 

that can be use as stop and goes or just be sewn up.

No way to tell when this was started!

Doing a fabric sale does take up a little bit of time 

but that's what Quilters do.

I think we all just have to sew faster!

Stay Safe and Sew on!

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Let's clean the sewing room!

 So first, let's clean off this end of the sewing table.

I just took a minute (57 miniutes) and stitched up

 these eight blocks left over from a guild demonstration night.

They are sewn onto gridded interfacing.

 

Then a break for lunch. 

Finished up stitching the 

EPP item on this  needle case last night, 

so it can go back into its drawer and off the sewing table.

Next away with all the rulers. 

Then all the reading glasses. 

They really move around the sewing room. 

Now to mend the jeans. 

The owners are coming over tomorrow for lunch, 

so it would be great to have them done.

Next up is to get rid of the scraps on the sewing table.

Let's see if they're going back into a box or into a project.

Sorted by color and put in the drawers, now getting

thru some random paper bits.  It sure piles up even

in this time of tech. 

Just a few things left to put away 

then to move on to the sewing side table.

All the scraps sorted and the thread clean up. 

It is looking great!

I even found a blade for my rotary seam riper!

I found using a rotary cutter is okay in most spots. 

Isn't is tiny?! Even the blade pack is cute.

Let's see how long the side table stays clean!

I always make a bit of a mess when 

a project goes under the needle!

All of this cleaning was precipitated 

by needing to have the work tables cleaned up.

They're off to take part in a

stash clearing sale.

We just need a few more tables to lay 

out all the wonderful whites.

I did manage to kit up a few more

tops from the fabrics on the Discovery table. 

First are plans for another low volume sashed

crumb quilt. This one may have the shadow effect

around the blocks. 

The next are two sets of 

blocks to be joined together for tops. 

Then two sets of small blocks to

be organized around some bigger centers. 

 All the blocks are bagged up.

 I have labelled them all :

~small blocks

 ~8 "blocks 

 ~9" blocks

~ medium odd shaped blocks 

~squares & 4patch blocks 

~medium large blocks

~large blocks for centers

Wish me luck on keeping track 

of all the bits and stitching them up 

into usable items. 

Stay Safe and Sew on!