Getting a head start
I'm sure most of you have heard of Instagram by now, but in case you've been living under a rock for the past year.... It's basically a smartphone app service that lets you take and edit and upload photos to share with the rest of the Instagram world. I really dig the ease of use, and the cute vintage filters, and more than that - I love all the craft happening around the world that I get to check in on throughout my day!
I've met some fantastic, inspiring, crafty women (and men!) on Instagram, and recently a few of us decided that we should start our own quilting bee! And so the Far Flung Bee (because we're all scattered across the world) was born.
I decided for my blocks I would love some of Oh Fransson's Mod Mosaic blocks, but the problem is - we don't start until June and my patience just won't last that long!
So despite my massive to-do list, I managed to crank out some "test blocks" (if I call them test blocks that justifies the time spent away from more important things, right? Right?!) over the last couple of days.
I am proud to say I used ONLY scraps for these blocks! (well, except for the sashing). It feels good to use up all the little bits of fabric I've been hoarding.
While making these I did notice that most of my scraps are painfully tiny. I guess my paranoia about fabric wastage is not great for accumulating useable-sized scraps! Somehow I seemed to have bigger red-pink-purple scraps, so consequently that block was a LOT easier to make - and I think it looks better with the bigger scraps, too.
It's nearly June, and I'm so excited to get started! Is it June yet?!