Saturday, April 19, 2014

The One Hour Challenge

Last night I got home from work and heated up the oven to cook a baked potato. While I waited for the oven to pre-heat, I brought out the trash and threw a load of wash in the laundry. What to do while I waited for the potato to cook? (The rest of dinner simply needed to be reheated in the microwave, so no cooking was necessary.) What could I do in an hour?


Could I take the little pieces in this scrap bin,

and surround this piece of white fabric to make a 16-1/2" block by the time the baked potato was ready?

There was only one way to find out.

I selected fabrics, and ironed them as they came out of the bin.

I sewed the pieces into pairs, and then sewed pairs together and kept going until I was done.



It took me slightly longer than an hour, but it did provide quite a diversion.  The next question was did this make a dent in the amount of fabric in the little bin?

Answer: Not much.


5 comments:

Quiltdivajulie said...

Fun challenge to avoid snacking while dinner cooks!

Love these blocks . . .

Megan said...

What thoughts for how you'll use this block?

Megan
Sydney, Australia

Mystic Quilter said...

Great idea! Must remember this one next time I am waiting for something to cook. I love what you have done with your lavender scraps!

Purple Boots and Pigtails said...

Isn't it amazing how many scraps you can use up and make so little difference in the pile! I swear there are scrap gremlins churning them out into the scrap heap while we sleep!

sawsan said...

So, u follow your Grammy again in joining squares and rectangles in a good way. Great job