Looking at the instructions briefly, it seemed to be mostly embroidery. Gasp! That could not be good. I made up the pieced background per the instructions, and started laying out some applique elements based on the embroidered designs instead.
Keeping it fairy simple, and after a few tweaks, and shifts around - I have ended up with a design I really like that shows off the fabrics as much as possible (after all, that background is pretty full on) and it is all fused down.
I still have the blanket stitch to do, but overall I think it looks very happy in the centre of the design.
Also on the agenda this week is a hmm... new project... if I say that really quickly will anyone really notice?
An insta-friend is running a sew along of the Patchwork City book by Elizabeth Hartman, and I decided to follow along. With a few different options for final layouts in the book - I decided I really like the first layout which is a rainbow grid - and finding that I had a bundle of 25 solid fat quarters in a somewhat rainbow meant that half the hard work had already been done.
I numbered each of the fat quarters so that I could reference the progression of colour with the quilt layout - and found that pulling matching fabrics out of my stash was embarrassingly easy.
Having sewn a few Elizabeth Hartman quilts before I knew that there would be a lot of pieces - and that some of them would probably be quite tiny (this square in the middle is 1" x 1" cut). Laying the bits out on my big square ruler makes it easy to cart them off to my sewing machine to sew.
And so the first block was sewn. I managed to get really weird stretching with this one... even though all the pieces went together really easily and accurately.
Another couple of afternoons sewing and I had completed the full set of 3 multisized blocks that makes up the first week.
And completed with the Robert Kaufman Essex Linen "Black" sashing.
Luckily the sashing has helped to pull those distorted seams - and this black linen has such a great texture and provides ample contrast.
As these blocks require quite small quantities of fabric - I managed to mix in some of my scraps too. Always a bonus!
The blocks sit a bit awkwardly on the design wall colourwise... but variety is the spice of life
And I have continued to play with the Timeless Traditions BOM blocks, starting the addition of the setting triangles around the 6" blocks. And isn't this little coral block just the cutest?
I'm using one of the lighter neutral sketch fabrics - which is actually perfect! I wanted something that was similar to the Feather background - but provided a bit of contrast... and set off the colours in the blocks... couldn't be more perfect.
4 comments:
Looks like you have had another productive week. Love what you have done with your centre block of Butterfly Garden and Timeless Traditions is looking good too.
What a great collection of blocks - your design wall is just lovely. I have a hard time resisting the lure of new projects too.
Oh, your design wall is looking wonderful, so many great projects! Loving your tilda blocks,some pretty progress here!
some great projects going on. I love the view of your design wall.
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