How's things? The transition into a new season has been a hectic one for me, and it's hard to believe we're three-quarters through the year! One of my friends was telling me that she likes The Scrap Basket because she personally doesn't take time to peruse the web and see what's new, and basically I do that for her with this newsletter. I thought that was an interesting 'take', and replied, "glad I can help!" I'd love to hear your feedback too ...
WHAT'S UP
After featuring whole cloth quilts in a recent issue, I couldn't help but make one myself. You can see and read about mine, check out Issue 8 if you missed it, and just for fun, I'm collecting them on a Whole Cloth Quilts Pinterest board.
And did you see the reveal of the Craft Industry Alliance? It's "a new kind of trade organization for makers, suppliers, designers, and pro bloggers." Being the brain child of Kristin Link and Abby Glassenberg, you can bet it's worth checking out.
ON TREND
[flavorpink] started it all on a lark, but boy did it take off..."like baseball cards for cool people." The #miniminiquiltswap is going strong, and have you ever seen such quilty cuteness? About 4" square, folks are really having fun making and swapping these tiny quilts!
Last week when I lectured at the Fidalgo Island Quilters, they wanted to know how I mark my quilts for quilting. I often use my walking foot as a guide, but when I do need to mark, I almost always use my hera marker. It makes a crease, rather than an actual mark, is easy to follow, and doesn't need to be removed. My only hint - just mark a few lines at a time, quilt, then mark several more. If you marked the whole quilt before any quilting, some lines might be diminished by the time you needed them.
