Lucky for me, our newspaper uses no-smudge inks. When we made weekly trips to wherever our oldest's son's college football game was (on a football scholarship), I'd work on piecing 16" star blocks as we traveled. I'd cut the star diamond pieces out of paper ahead of time and take along a box of scrap string pieces--any size, any color. I quickly learned not to try to match pieces--just grab a piece and go with it, with attention only to alternating dark and light. That kept me occupied for the many hours of travel. I'm finally (years later) putting the blocks together for a quilt for my grandson--one his grandmother pieced while traveling to his dad's college football games. Never give up on those unfinished projects.
Last edited by MillieH; 03-28-2012 at 04:51 PM.