Spreading the gospel of letters

At my guild meeting on Monday at my house, I showed everyone how to make letters, both wonky and strip-pieced. Here's a picture of me with my pink cutting board (only $10 at Fabricland, which is waaay cheaper than a green one). What was fun was how the light bulb went on. After demonstrating the easy letters (c, u, o, a, e, p, d, b, g), someone wanted to make a Y. After I cut a piece of white background material two ways to insert a Y, someone said "Now I get it." So at least seven more folks are now into making letters.

The other fun thing was the fruity women fabric I bought from the sale table at Fabricland for $4/metre. Everyone loved it and some took little bits home, but several women wanted yardage. So I headed to Fabricland yesterday to see if there might be a bit more for myself and my friend Laura and I found one of my guild friends in the bargain section, holding the bolt of fruity women fabric (she called it beach bums, which is also appropriate.) She bought a metre, I bought two, and as we're at the cutting table, the clerk says another woman had bought that same fabric that morning (also a guild member.) The bonus was that it had been reduced to $2.50/metre.