Quilting Friends (1 of 2)

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Quilting Friends (1 of 2)

It's always a special moment- learning something new about a friend. It's like finding a treasure within the treasure that is your friend. When I heard that two friends from church also quilted, it was happy news; yet another thing we had in common. 

For many months, we talked about getting together for some quilting: “We really ought to… Yeah, we definitely should…!” Finally, in October 2015, we decided to take turns hosting a little get together each month, nothing fancy, just a chance to catch up, share ideas, and be productive.

Knowing that we would be rotating locations, I wanted a project that would be easily transportable. I had already completed several small quilts with the Hawaiian appliqué method, and had been thinking about how I could use that technique in a new project. My mind kept going back to the cut paper snowflakes we all make as children. So, I resolved to see if I could make snowflakes in fabric, centering them on squares with the Hawaiian method.

First squares for my snowflake project... still incomplete.

I arrived at that first meeting with fabric, cut and basted to 2 background squares, ready to begin turning under the edge. It was then that Sara, a teacher, gently informed me that actual snow crystals have either 6 or 12 points. The folds in a traditional Hawaiian pattern produce 8 points or sections. 

Back to the drawing board I went to fold my squares the proper way and create snow crystals that more accurately mimicked nature…

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