Despite her retirement, Terry has been very busy around the store teaching classes and leading our Fabric Collectors Club. She has been quilting up a storm! We asked her to review one of our favorite tools, so with out further ado I will let her introduce you to the Basix tool!
I confess -- I have become a notions junkie. When
I started quilting back in the 90s, I bought a mat, a ruler, and a rotary
cutter. And fabric, lots of fabric. More fabric. A little bit more fabric. And
then I started discovering all the cool rulers and templates that make cutting
and using that fabric so much easier, and so much fun. At Quilt Market in 2007,
I walked past a booth and did a double take at the wonderful quilt hanging
there. In I went, and fell in love with the X-Block tools, designed by Patricia
Pepe of Quilt Queen Designs. I think I started my Venetian Tiles quilt before I
unpacked my suitcase!
At Quilt Market in 2015, another booth drew me in, and
there was Patricia with her newest tool -- Basix. Again, love at first sight!
The Basix is very similar to the X-Block, except Basix is designed to use with
either 2 1/2" or 1 1/2" strips, which so many of us tend to have in
our stashes. Both the X-Block and Basix tools help you turn very simple blocks,
often nine-patches, sometimes rail fences, into more complex looking blocks,
whose components would be either tedious or difficult to cut. Patricia's tools
come with excellent instructions, and she has a wealth of patterns to support
both the X-Block and Basix. 
These are tools you'll use more than once, that
will help you burn through your stash, and we all need help with that. Some of
her simplest, scrappiest patterns will help you produce warm, rich, and lovely
quilts.
Guest Post by Terry Tobey
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