Not so Tiny After All Spools

 Yes, this photo has a yellow cast...and I either have to set up better lighting or sew earlier in the day to take photos during the day. In any case, while I was busy fussing with pairing off the last piles of single spools, the four patches got together to form eight patches.

And I have to apologize because I have been referring to these as microspools when they are a whopping 1.5 inches finished. Definitely not worthy of the term micro. In his book The Anthropocene Reviewed, John Green begins his chapter on Viral Meningitis:  "I find it difficult to grasp the size of viruses. As individuals, they are tiny. A red blood cell is about a thousand times bigger than a Sars COV-2 virus. But as a group, viruses are unfathomably numerous, There are about ten million viruses in a single drop of sea water."

If you would like to see some real micro quilting, please enjoy Alex Anderson's interview with Amy Pabst on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM-KATsG22g

Frames

In November 2020, Lynn Dykstra started a calendar quilt where she framed a fabric for each day...and you can read about it here: https://kleinmeisjequilts.blogspot.com/2021/11/62-to-63-calendar-quilt-in-time-of.html

I was inspired by hers and started mine...and while she had 365 blocks one year later, I had two. I decided to add to mine today and I was so productive I had an eight fold increase in blocks. 

These are made with a 2.5 inch square surrounded by 1.25 inch strips.

Spools Anonymous

 I can stop making spools anytime. It's no big deal. Just thought it would be nice to have some more spools to pair with some of the spools I had already made that needed pairs...dark ones to pair with light medium ones and light ones to pair with dark medium ones. And besides, I already have a lot of 1 inch by 2 inch background rectangles cut and I wouldn't want to waste those. Although maybe I should cut some more because variety is nice. Plus I know I don't have a serious problem because at no time have I snuck up behind someone and snipped a 2 inch by 3 inch rectangle out of their clothing. Case closed.

Diversion

 My cats are spending more time in their heated beds...which gives me some time to divert my attention to more hard working cats. First diversion is to see Jeremy Mayer's sculptures made from typewriter parts...my favorites are the birds...which I discovered on This Is Colossal Art blog.

When I moved to Mastodon this week, I found This is Colossal there and they linked me to @jeremymayer@mastodon.art. And if you would like to see a hard working cat, here you go:  https://mastodon.art/@jeremymayer/109325920702829818

And here's the link to his website: https://jeremymayer.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=18688&Akey=23SVCF6T&ajx=1

More Spooling Around

 Today some single spools paired off, while some pairs became foursomes. And now that I see this picture, I realize I need to extract the red stripe spool with the gray background (bottom left) because its easier to remove now than later.

These are the single spools still looking for a friend.

In other news, Sheepish (the sheep quilt) won second place, viewers' choice (in its category) at the Clark County Quilt Show. I told the sheep it did not beHOOF them to BrAAAAg, but they all pretended not to hear me. (If you suspect that a pickle dish quilt won first prize in the same category, you would be right.)

Lights and Darks

I have a lot of medium value microspools for whom I could not find a pairing with enough contrast. So I have made more very dark spools and very light spools. But maybe it's just that I can't stop making spools.

Meanwhile, I am seriously thinking of changing the name of this blog to The Objects of Obstruction.

Easy Does It

Here are four blocks that Bonnie Hunter used in her leaders/enders called Easy Breezy. However, I only considered making it when I saw it on Kathy's Quilts. I love how she made the colors move across the quilt.