Block 5 - Summer Winds and Stash/Scrap Management
Grandmom & me When I started this series, I had hoped that I’d get 100 of my students to follow along with me. You all have blown me away. Many have asked how I thought of this idea. Well last fall, while straighten up my Quilt Studio, I came across my grandmother’s “under the bed box”. The day was lost to me looking through her clippings. Running my hand over the same pages she had touched and marked, and on many of days would stories about the blocks with me. Missing her more than ever, I wondered if she would be happy with the direction I’ve taken with my life. I started to organize the clippings, placing them into archival page protectors. A few weeks later, I was at Quilt Market, fielding questions from a book publisher. She asked me if I had any ideas for a book, I thought she would think I was crazy, but she loved it! I wanted to share some timeless blocks, but add a twist to them, tell a bit abo...