I'll be teaching 5 Make It and take It classes at the quilt shop in Nov-Dec. If you'd like, and will remind me, I'll send (via email) instructions once we arrive. No scanner there, so can't send patterns but could snail mail the ones I developed. Most you could figure out and start now: Celebrate wall quilt (from the book: Toppers, Patchwork Place publishers) plus chair covers. The quilt is for any holiday or birthday - applique to suit; the chair covers are small quilts with a package on each that tie to the back of the chair. Am doing an album cover from orphan blocks to fit photo albums. Think of a peechee and make a pattern to fit your album. Then glue matching fabric to the inside of the covers. For a special gift, I fill the album with scrapbook papers and embellishments so it is ready to use. Cowboy boot Christmas stockings seem to draw the most interest. Just a stocking shaped like a boot with a square toe and heel. Make it from piecing, orphan blocks, applique or fabulous fabric. Quilt it before sewing it together. Can't remember the last one; left all at the shop last spring... Am concentrating on winter and spring classes now.
Have fun,
MJ
You wrote "Think of a peechee and make a pattern to fit your album".
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Judy
MJ - I would love the patterns for your make it take it class. But I do agree with Judy ----- What is a "peechee"? A dog, some exotic food or a bird in a peechee tree? LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks, Phyllis in Minnesota who is at ggmpm2000 at aol dot com
A peechee is one of those folders that we used when we were in high school. Kind of a yellowish color with brown lettering, as I recall. Just bigger than binder paper.
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Kathi, I went to high school in New York state in the 1950s and I don't recall using anything like you are describing.
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Could it be the folders that come in all different colors that the children need ten of for school?
ReplyDeleteWikipedia actually has a picture of a peechee and says it was first released in 1943. I don't remember them from my hs days, but I certainly purchased enough of them for my children in the 70s and 80s.
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