Quiltings Arts recent e-mail newsletter had some great ideas for quilting when it is too hot to actually put needle to fabric. I am reproducing them here, but the ideas belong to Quilting Arts.
Too hot to quilt? Design!
- Photograph. Take pictures of your (and others’) gardens to use later as inspiration for landscapes, color combinations, and abstracts or for digital manipulation and photo transfer.
- Sketch. Draw flowers or vegetables up close, paying attention to seeds, stamens, leaves, and veins.
- Gather. Beach glass, shells, interesting sticks, outdated maps, seed pods, and so on can provide inspiration and materials for your next quilt.
- Shop. Now is the time to take advantage of end-of-season sales on fibers and fabrics or to get a jump on the new fall colors and innovations.
- Plan. Just like gardeners plan their gardens in winter, quilters can get organized for the next “season” of quilting at the end of the summer. Make a schedule of shows to enter and due dates; list gift projects and deadlines for finishing them; take inventory of your tools and supplies, and replenish them, so when inspiration strikes, you’ll be ready!
I don’t see a link to back issues of t he eNewsletter, but you can subscribe to future issues on their site.
Happy Designing