Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Orangey goodness

Did I mention I joined a quilting bee? A virtual one through Flickr. It's for beginners. There are seven members, and each member is assigned to a month. During each month, the member in charge sends fabric to the others and gives instructions for making a block. Then each of us sews up a block and sends it back.

I got the fabric for the first block this week. It made the long journey from the U.K., along with instructions to make a 12.5-inch improv block. Eek. A little nervous!

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The woman who has January is planning a ROYGBV quilt, so she sent each of us a specific color. My color: Orange. Sweet. I'll be sure to post a picture of my finished block.

My month to send fabric is April. I have a plan in mind, but I'm sure I'll come up with 15 different ideas between now and then.

7 comments:

Robin said... 1

so you just take that material and make what you want with it?

what is ROYGBV?

joining a quilting sounds fun, but kind of stressful.

Kaye Prince said... 2

So pretty! I've thought about participating in a bee, but I'm not sure yet. Let me know how your experience is and then maybe I'll be able to decide. I think it would be pretty fun to get to play with other peoples fabrics though!

The Bakers said... 3

I thought this post was going to be about some deliciously gooey orange rolls. I'm pretty sure it's illegal to use "goodness" in reference to fabric.

Cheryl Arkison said... 4

Lucky you to get orange!

Leah said... 5

ROYGBIV is an acronym for the colors of the rainbow in the order they appear: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The hat I made Luke for his birthday is in ROYGBIV colors.

I had already seen this post, and forgot what it was about, and when I saw the headline I thought maybe you made orange rolls too!

And I'm pretty sure you're insane.

mary said... 6

Roy G BIV are the colors of the spectum, the wavelength of visible light. The best part of 8th grade science. What happens to the quilt at the end? MM

Unknown said... 7

It's the only thing I ever remembered from science....

Katie - you lead such an interesting life.