Black Friday Project - Winter Scraps of Time

Usually I'm one of those Black Friday nut jobs that get up at 5:00 am (or never go to bed) to run around at Joann's to take advantage of the amazing deals.   This year - they changed their ad plan so that the UBER deals were on Wednesday instead of Friday.   Well - some of us have to work during the week, so....off to Sew Weekend with the girls instead!

Big Surprise - I started something new.    It's a mini - 12 1/2" finished I think.   Called Scraps of Time.   It was nice to grab a bin of scraps and just play for the weekend.    I needed that.   I have to finish ONE little tiny patchwork block, fix a birdhouse roof and pick\add sashing and border.   Shamefully - it gets a spot on My Projects page because it's not done.   But...   it will happen!   Right?!!?!?

Teeny Tiny Paper Piecing

THANGLES Sampler

So it was HOT and HUMID this weekend in Upstate NY.   I didn't want to do anything on Sunday except stay close to the air conditioner.     Since there was nothing nagging at my mind to work on, I decided to start something new!  

I went to the Paducah Quilt Show in April for the first time.  One of my purchases was from the THANGLES booth.   It's a Block of the Month Sampler in ITTY BITTY pieces.    So I pulled out a collection of fat eighths that I had been saving for a special project.   Best Press on all the pieces (I've heard this is REALLY helpful when doing miniatures) and started cutting!   

Blueberry Stars Thangles Pattern

3/4" THANGLES

Woah!   Tiny!

So Stinkin Cute!

1/2" THANGLES!   (Not kidding)

WOAH - these babies are small!

Slow and steady wins the race

I couldn't imagine playing with these without BEST PRESS

Best Press makes them really easy to handle

cute cute CUTE!

More 1/2" THANGLES

Super fun!

I left off on Month 4 - April.    This was the perfect project to play with when stuck inside!

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