I found a pattern in a magazine to use these scraps in the Fons and Porter magazine from a couple months ago. I took out the bags and set to work making some 4-patches this weekend. These are all scrap pieces that I cut up into 2 1/2" squares and are sewing in light/dark pairs, then the pairs into fours. My plan is to make it into a Milky Way quilt for our bed. This is what the pattern looks like:
Of course, this is going to be very scrappy and it'll be a King size, so there are a lot of pieces to it. After making the necessary 144 four-inch 4-patches, I will have to make 288 four-inch half-square triangles (made from 144 lights and 144 darks), and 144 solid squares (72 light, 72 dark). Then the border with a whole bunch of 4-patches...77, if I calculated right. This will make it 108" wide and 104" long...although I may trim a row off to make it another 16" shorter since I don't need a pillow tuck and it tends to just puddle on the floor at the end of the bed anyhow. We need the width, not the length.
Also, we are fighting a mold & mildew issue in the kids' bathroom. I suspect that the fan isn't pulling enough moisture (or anything) out of it, and we have to determine if it's a venting problem or a fan problem. I can hear it running, but it isn't strong enough to hold a tissue against it. I'm not sure if there's a blockage or if the fan is backwards or what. I'll have to find a handyman...especially if I need to get someone on the roof.
Sounders game day today! Got my green on! Hope they actually pull off a win today--they're in a slump.
You might take the fan apart and clean it. We did that last year with our fan upstairs and it was better for a while.
ReplyDeleteYou might also replace it with a stronger fan. It might be undersized for the number of people using the bathroom.
Can't wait to see the scrappy delight. We have bathrooms without outside windows too and it's really hard to keep the moisture out of them. Hopefully you can find a cheap and relatively easy fix to the problem.
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