Today was a happy, inspiring time! It was the monthly meeting of the Repro Club at Springwater Designs quilt shop (my LQS). The geese above were two different families with goslings strolling around the fields beyond the building where Springwater is located. So cute!! :)
Today's topic at the club meeting was English Paper Piecing. Lots of great inspiration there! :)
First, Heather (the facilitator) shared two blocks made with the day's mid19th century reproduction prints (we get two fat quarters at each meeting):
The green and light red prints were today's selection. :) I did not photograph everything shown/shared at the meeting - only the things that caught my attention.
Here is an EPP block (a Bloomfield flower pattern) made by Dawn (shop owner) in soft colors:
The block had been basted to a background square but not yet appliqued down (hence the little 'dog ear' flags on the star points:).
We had wonderful show and share items - most of the club members have done EPP, some quite a lot of it:
I found the meeting quite inspiring. :) I did buy some new notions ... and some soft&stable for a bag-making project I have in mind.
I spent the rest of my evening doing house chores and making supper (Hugh and I made deep dish pizza from scratch). I am reading my way through Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher books right now and enjoying them enormously. I first met Phryne with the television series from Australia. So much fun! :)
Tomorrow is my weekly meeting with Barbara and Patty to Sew Together. Afterwards I'm driving straight to MITAGS in Linthicum for the first of two days with Baltimore Modern quilt guild's Make May Modern retreat. Took me forever to decide what to take to work on ... having more trouble than usual concentrating this spring. :P
:) Linda
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