{"id":50561,"date":"2020-09-04T07:07:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=50561"},"modified":"2020-09-15T16:10:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T23:10:57","slug":"journey-2-nebula-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/journey-2-nebula-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey 2 Nebula Start"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Journey 2 Nebula icon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I did decide to join the Journey 2 Nebula<\/a> project \/ Sew-a-Long (?) \/ Quilt-a-Long(?). As mentioned previously<\/a>, this is a skill-builder for learning to use the Jaybird Quilts rulers, Hex N More<\/a>** & Super Sidekick<\/a>** (or Sidekick<\/a>**) to prepare for the Nebula Quilt-a-Long<\/a>. I am not planning on making the Nebula quilt, but I thought the skill-builder was interesting. I also thought it was a good idea to have a series of small projects so people could get used to using specialty rulers<\/p>\n

When I gathered the supplies, I also got our non-Jaybird rulers that I thought would work. I borrowed the rulers from a guild mate because I didn’t want to buy them without trying them. Usually I jump at the chance to buy specialty rulers, but I am saving money and I have several rulers that do the same thing as the various Jaybird rulers. I am not adverse to buying one or more of them in the future, but we will see.<\/p>\n

I did have to buy all of the patterns, but Pink Door had a bundle<\/a> with a slight discount, so it wasn’t horrible, though I probably don’t really need the patterns for the projects. I certainly won’t need them long term. I count it as supporting a woman-owned small business.<\/p>\n

This skill-builder was, I think, more popular than expected. There is a lot of grumbling about not getting patterns in a timely manner, not getting rulers and having the various fabrics (people seem to want the same exact colors as the samples) sold out. My patterns arrived on Monday, the day before the start. And, of course, there is no shortage of fabric at my house, so I was ready to go.<\/p>\n

The first day was Tuesday and despite my plans to get the top of the Black Windmill<\/a> finished, I started this skill-builder project. The first skill is diamonds – Super Sidekick<\/a>** or Sidekick<\/a>**ruler – and the  project is the Seaside table runner<\/a>. I am no stranger to diamonds after making the Fabric of the Year 2010 quilt<\/a>. I had my strips prepared, read the directions and started cutting using thee Super Sidekick<\/a>**. Julie of Jaybird Quilts (not Friend Julie) made a video<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n