Shoot! I was excited to open my box in the mail today from Connecting Threads. The fabric was so soft and silky. I was excited to cut it. I got my little 4-year old situated with a new game and went to town cutting everything perfectly on the 5" line to make 5" charm squares. YIKES! I cut all my so-I-thought 5" strips by WOF. When I went to turn them something was wrong. When I turned my ruler and lined it up with the 5", I was avoiding the other side with a half inch margin. Crap! All of my strips are FOUR inches!!! Back to the drawing board. Guess I better look for a project that needs something white with a black print and four inches wide. Dang dang dang. All the local quilt shops are closed until Monday. Guess I better hit a local quilt shop Monday while the little guy is in school so that I can get this in the mail for the charm swap. They are not due until November 7th, but remember... Measure twice, cut once... That's what I get for being so excited!
I guess I could consider my border for the quilt I will be making from the charms is already cut, if I want to look at it with a positive attitude.
Ella at
http://throwawenchintheworks.blogspot.com/2011/10/swap.html, is having a fabric swap, and I've joined up. It's a Black, White & Grey Charm Swap. It's a US swap only, but if this works as planned, there will be a larger, international scale swap in March. There are still a few spots open for you to join!
If you're interested, go check it out. I don't know if there are any spots left yet.
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http://lilysquilts.blogspot.com/2011/10/christmas-gifts-for-quilters-4-and.html
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