Patchwork quilting has long had reputation as being the the past-time of mothers, and grandmas. Well I'm going to challenge that idea today, and here's how...
You're going to discover three new and exciting tactics for making a patchwork quilt.
1) Get Stronger With Every Patch
To start you off with something simple, here is a challenge that is going to push your body and your talents to the edge.
Cut up and collect all your quilting patches, then sort them into groups. For each group, assisgn one fitness exercise.
After you sew each patch on to your quilt, you then have to go and do that exercise. When you have it all sorted, it should look something like this:
- Green patch - ten pushups
- Purple patch - 15 sit ups
- White Patch - 10 chin ups
- Orange Patch fifteen squats
By the time you finish your quilt, you'll have a body as hard as granite and the will to clobber 12 security guards. Be sure to use your new found strength smartly.
2) The Candle Challenge
Do you ever find that quilting is chewing up all of your time or merely find that it just simply takes far too long to make each quilt?
Well then it's time to grab hold of a candle, light the wick and place it in between your toes. You start your quilt when you light the candle and don't stop until either the quilt is finished or the candle runs out.
If the candle burns out first, you have to throw out your current patchwork quilt and start again.
You will be staggered by how quickly you can put a quilt together when you don't care about the little inconsistencies and you will be surprised at just how many corners you can cut to save lots of time here and there!
3) Ultra Extreme Mode
This one is short and easy.
Get a deadly animal, a poisionous snake, a handfull of scorpions or a wild tiger and put them in a room.
Then get your quilting materials prepared and dive in. The challenge here is to get in, make your patchwork quilt and get out before anything bad happens.
Yes, you can hold your head proud when you complete this extraordinary challenge, knowing that you are the most hardcore of quilters of any that you know. And you can rest in piece with the certainty that you can stare down any number of deadly animals too!
So lets give the patchwork quilt pre-conception a good shake up and prove to the world that we're nothing to sneeze at!
Readers please note : This is all in good fun, don't actually consider doing any of the above. Well except perhaps the exercise one, that should be ok.
You're going to discover three new and exciting tactics for making a patchwork quilt.
1) Get Stronger With Every Patch
To start you off with something simple, here is a challenge that is going to push your body and your talents to the edge.
Cut up and collect all your quilting patches, then sort them into groups. For each group, assisgn one fitness exercise.
After you sew each patch on to your quilt, you then have to go and do that exercise. When you have it all sorted, it should look something like this:
- Green patch - ten pushups
- Purple patch - 15 sit ups
- White Patch - 10 chin ups
- Orange Patch fifteen squats
By the time you finish your quilt, you'll have a body as hard as granite and the will to clobber 12 security guards. Be sure to use your new found strength smartly.
2) The Candle Challenge
Do you ever find that quilting is chewing up all of your time or merely find that it just simply takes far too long to make each quilt?
Well then it's time to grab hold of a candle, light the wick and place it in between your toes. You start your quilt when you light the candle and don't stop until either the quilt is finished or the candle runs out.
If the candle burns out first, you have to throw out your current patchwork quilt and start again.
You will be staggered by how quickly you can put a quilt together when you don't care about the little inconsistencies and you will be surprised at just how many corners you can cut to save lots of time here and there!
3) Ultra Extreme Mode
This one is short and easy.
Get a deadly animal, a poisionous snake, a handfull of scorpions or a wild tiger and put them in a room.
Then get your quilting materials prepared and dive in. The challenge here is to get in, make your patchwork quilt and get out before anything bad happens.
Yes, you can hold your head proud when you complete this extraordinary challenge, knowing that you are the most hardcore of quilters of any that you know. And you can rest in piece with the certainty that you can stare down any number of deadly animals too!
So lets give the patchwork quilt pre-conception a good shake up and prove to the world that we're nothing to sneeze at!
Readers please note : This is all in good fun, don't actually consider doing any of the above. Well except perhaps the exercise one, that should be ok.
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