Today was one of our periodic Saturday Seamster work parties. "Work" party sounds so Shawshank Redemption-y, like we're out on a chain gang somewhere [stitching in the ditch?] instead of sitting on our keisters eating peanut M & Ms and yakking while we sew. We gathered at ten-ish with various bags, bins, and cases of equipment, a sack lunch, and nibbly things to share. We worked on our own individual projects (quilts, a quilted bag, knitting, hand-coloring on fabric, etc.) and also on communal projects (pinwheel blocks for baby quilts, for example).
Plus, Kathy--a.k.a. Shop Steward--gave us a mini-lesson on a design technique for art quilts by Katie Pasquini Masopust. Very cool: you take an old cardboard slide frame with the slide removed, or create two els from a piece of mat board or tag board. Then take an image and slide the frame or els around until you find a pleasing composition (good light/dark play, interesting lines, etc.) and then trace it on mylar with a teeny Micron pen. Then you can either photocopy or put it on an overhead projector and start playing with color & composition for your very own fabulous art quilt. I believe we are going to utilize this technique for a very special, top-secret, eyes-only project. We would tell you, but then we'd have to kill you. Needless to say, it shall undoubtedly turn up in a later post. And on a different note, I wonder if anyone gets Katie Pasquini Masopust's name right on the first try?
Lots of socializing in between the clickety-clack of machines and needles and the cutting of various fabrics. Plus the day ended up really sunny, we got tix for the 2/25 Taproot Theatre production of Gee's Bend, and last but certainly not least, we satisfied--okay, I satisfied--a lingering curiosity of about 28 years by determining there is still a Kitty Wampus listed in the greater Seattle area, courtesy Sandy's iPhone. All in all a very good day.
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