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Since big quilting projects are out until my neck problem improves I've been looking for small ways to creatively challenge myself. Yesterday I got an interesting e-mail from Stampington that offered a free .pdf with thirty inspiration prompts. They're mostly for mixed media and journaling, but I thought I could adapt them to quilting, so I printed them out and stick-glued them on card stock. There were three I didn't like, so I replaced those with three little bits I could make into something.

I'm going to try to use at least one of these cards every week for a small/one-day project.

I've got four Halloween treat bags to make, so I finalized my fabric choices for those. I have to experiment with a design idea tonight, and then I'll be ready to start sewing. Oliver's bag will be first, and for his I'm using the pumpkin print and orange on the far left there.
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nightsmusic said…
I love those Halloween prints! They're so fun and oh, what a joy for you to make a bag for a grandbaby ;)

The prompts are pretty cool. I might have to try one or two.
October 17, 2019 at 1:19 PM
the author said…
I wanted fun rather than scary. Oliver's too little for scary. :)

I liked a lot of those prompts. The paper napkin thing and the bad day painting do-over, not so much. There was one other one that didn't work for me . . . that one with setting a timer for less and less time to make something. I already use a timer to limit how long I quilt. :)
October 17, 2019 at 1:41 PM
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