Beginning Block
Friday, March 14th, 2008
The start was in Boston, September,2007. I had been visiting a friend, Geraldine who shares my love of quilting. She is in Boston for three years with her family and we evolved the Journal quilts as a means of communicating with each other while creating in a medium which we both find very forfilling. We established the boundaries while sitting at Boston Airport waiting for our flight to Chicago.
Parameters
1. 1 block per week, imagery based on weekly events ,sightings or musings.
2.All or any of the following techniques may be used : fusing,paper piecing,machine piecing,applique, bias strips.
3.54 blocks total with starting block and finishing block, layout 6 blocks across x 9 blocks down.
4. One fabric to make a guest appearance in each block.
5. Size of blocks : raw 19×19cms, finished 16×16cm.
6. Quilt as you go.
7. Sashing of 3 cm to join blocks, no posts
8. Go for it and ENJOY!!!
Before I started, I had an attack of the cold feet and thought that one per fortnight would be more achievable, but Geraldine was not happy with this suggestion. I chose to add a couple more parameters to my blocks, firstly I wanted to use my stash of black and white fabrics, so I decided to use black and white fabrics with a slash of red in one corner. Secondly, I wanted to use numbers and letters to add to the story.
My starting block has “B – B” for Ballarat to Boston and ” 08 ” for the year.