What does it mean…

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

I went into my tool box to find my 6″ Olfa ruler and found a 2 1/2″ Olfa that will work and found this too. 

  

Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, quilting, stash | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Monday, feels like Monday

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

Besides getting the front yard mowed this weekend, I now have somewhere between 4000 and 4200 pieces cut out, thanks to a package from New Zealand and some rummaging in my “multi-color print” bin. I and my shoulders needed a break so I went to work!

On the drive in, the view was so subtle that it was hard to pull the landscape out of the sky which gave me a starting point for a haiku or two or three.

a soft June morning
horizon fading to clouds
thunderstorms ahead.

the view of pale blues
horizon melting to clouds
a hot afternoon.

Catskill escarpment
another layer of blues
fading up to sky

Posted in haiku, In the neighborhood | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Found on the cutting board

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

Pretty, but too late. 

  

Posted in life around us, Miscellany, quilting | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Cutting and counting

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

I honestly have no idea how many pieces I’ll need but I can tell you I have cut about 3300 pieces from about 183 fabrics. 

Yup. That’s how I roll. 

Posted in quilting, stash, the creative process | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Saturday FTW!

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

So this came in the mail today, from the other side of the world.

Thanks so much Marge! There was only one fabric I saw that I have in my stash and one that was an orange colorway of a print I had in yellow. That’s totally amazing to me. And of course I sat down and read the wee small book right away!

Last night after I cut up some more grey-bluish fabrics I stacked them up on the more than full cutting mat and in a totally geek moment I counted them and did what any math nerd does – estimate how many are there. I’m not crazy enough to count them individually but I know that there are generally at least 20-24 triangles cut from each strip. So…

Now I have wash in, I’ve poured myself a nice cold beverage and I’m going upstairs to fondle and cut up that wonderful gift because in other news in the neighborhood…

Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, In the neighborhood, Lotr, quilting, stash | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment