Bonnie Hunter Workshops

To get myself back into the rhythm of life in AZ I decided to continue prepping for the BH workshops next month. There's a lot of cutting to do and some pre-sewing I think I can accomplish to smooth the way and simplify the process during the classes.

For a start, to fine tune my fourth inch seaming I ordered half a dozen of these little seam guide thingies from Bonnie's website. Of course I only require one, but I have a few quilty friends who might benefit so I ordered the set of six and I will keep one in each of my Pfaffs so I always can check accuracy. It's easy to tell from my recent efforts that extra attention to the scant 1/4" seam accuracy really does pay off.

 One of the BH workshops we will do is "My Blue Heaven" and I made up a sample block- I am quite pleased with it. I will be using up a lot of my blues, rotating stock so I will feel justified in further purchases of fabric additional to any "must haves" for current projects! Want vs need ya know!

Lots of cutting as I said- 696 large triangles for 174 hourglass blocks, 90 2.5"x4.5" neutral rectangles to add to the hourglass blocks, enough HST's [formed while cutting the large triangles] for about 70 Flying Geese, the rest of the 180 FG I will make by the "4 at a time" method which is my preference, so fast and easy. I think I will make the FG ahead too, paying it forward so to speak! I can imagine that there is a lot of fun and distraction in Bonnie's classes and I don't want to miss any fun or get behind!
Off to do more prep now, while I watch my two favorite teams battle it out for a Superbowl slot!
Sadly, one of them must be cut.