A quilting-related blog that I look at every day is The Patchery Menagerie. I came across her blog through Tonya Ricucci's blog. Tonya is the author of Word Play Quilts, which I illustrated.
(Lynne's cat, Millie, has her own blog as well — another blog I look at every day.)
A couple days ago and then again today, Lynne wrote about a method for making scrappy blocks and using up bits of leftover fabric.
It's similar in spirit but different in process to what I endeavored to do with my Big Heart block.
I am intrigued, and want to try this myself.
More to come . . .
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Monday, April 21, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Big Heart
Some time ago, I took this block, enlarged it to 20" x 20", printed it out and taped the pieces together. This weekend, I finally sewed together strips from my scrap bag to make the center block for a quilt.
If I do another one (and I probably will), instead of paper-piecing, I think I will try using freezer paper. Wrangling a 20-inch-square paper foundation took some doing.
Not only is the heart pieced, but the background sections are as well.
I had a bunch of equilateral triangles and half-triangles left over from another project a few years ago. With so many fabrics in the heart, it seemed like it would be "too much" to have the background be scrappy also. But piecing the background from leftover bits seemed appropriate.
I used up most of the triangles, but I was able to find more of the same print online, even though I bought in some three years ago. I remembered it was from a fabric line designed by Minick and Simpson, was able to determine that they design for Moda, tracked down the name of the line, and ordered some here.
Next, I'll be making smaller heart blocks, also strip-pieced, to go around the large heart.
If I do another one (and I probably will), instead of paper-piecing, I think I will try using freezer paper. Wrangling a 20-inch-square paper foundation took some doing.
Not only is the heart pieced, but the background sections are as well.
I had a bunch of equilateral triangles and half-triangles left over from another project a few years ago. With so many fabrics in the heart, it seemed like it would be "too much" to have the background be scrappy also. But piecing the background from leftover bits seemed appropriate.
I used up most of the triangles, but I was able to find more of the same print online, even though I bought in some three years ago. I remembered it was from a fabric line designed by Minick and Simpson, was able to determine that they design for Moda, tracked down the name of the line, and ordered some here.
Next, I'll be making smaller heart blocks, also strip-pieced, to go around the large heart.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
A Little Something
When I had finished the cutting for my next Craftsy project, I had a fair number of small triangles left over from the strip-pieced sets.
It seemed likely that they could be turned into something useful, and indeed this turned out to be true.
I suppose if I did some research, I might discover that there is a name for this block. However, I just noticed that it looks like a variation on the Spools block. How appropos!
Since I took this photo, I have sewed the blocks together. The assembled piece now measures about 13-3/4" square. Eventually, it will become a pillow. I think I will be able to fit a 14" square pillow form — I think the form will be just squishy enough!
It seemed likely that they could be turned into something useful, and indeed this turned out to be true.
I suppose if I did some research, I might discover that there is a name for this block. However, I just noticed that it looks like a variation on the Spools block. How appropos!
Since I took this photo, I have sewed the blocks together. The assembled piece now measures about 13-3/4" square. Eventually, it will become a pillow. I think I will be able to fit a 14" square pillow form — I think the form will be just squishy enough!
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