Series

You know you can do workshops in working in a series?

I think it comes naturally.....

You start with one and think next time I'll......

and then text time I'll.....

and there. A series.

And then I think, I ought to keep a record.

Should I give them signs?

Maybe I should make some new ones.....

 

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Exhibition over

My little exhibition has been over for more than a week

and I am trying to get back to my routine.

I have unpacked. Sort of.

I also found time to continue this series.

Skipping.

Girl on a bike.

Girl with a suitcase.

Girl with a pram.

Girls walking the dog.

They are about the size of a postcard and you can find them on my Etsy.

Almost March

Sometimes it seems time passes so slowly and then all of a sudden it's gone!

Since Christmas I have been cutting lots and then sewing a bit everyday

until finally I basted this quilt a few days ago.

I must admit I wasn't overly thrilled with the quilt when I had finished the top.

Don't you hate that?

All that work and then an underwhelming result.

 

 

I like it better now I have started quilting.

I am using Wonderfil Spagetti thread.

I really like this thread: it's thicker that quilting thread but thinner that Perle

and it is mercerised so it slips through nicely.

What do you think of the colour choice (orange)?

 

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This way up?

 This quilt is finally in one piece after a lot of sewing

then a bit of un-sewing

(quite a bit, I'm afraid)

and then sewing up again.

Just as well as I have been showing my friends how to do it. 

I worked out the pattern myself,

hence a few considerations as to the piecing.

All the fabric came from my stash.

How long do you have to have owned fabric to qualify for "from my stash"?

Not sure which way is UP yet.

Summer workshops

I have been working on a quilt for us to make over the summer.

The idea came from here

It seemed to be constructed with a foundation pieced diamond shape

But I am trying mine with pieced strips

 

And then cutting slightly crooked triangles with my 60 degree triangle.

 

And then I have laid them out to make hexagons.

But I only join HALF of the hexagon.

 

That allows me to join the quilt in strips

With no tight corners!

 

 

Easy!

 

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