This week has been about preparation, rather than sewing. I'm still hoping to meet my deadline of a full sized quilt by mid July - it's for friends that we don't see often - by which I mean, once a year, and that once a year is coming up quickly.
I'm using Sweet Serenade by Basic Grey for Moda, which was released a few years ago now. I confess when I first bought it, I didn't have a plan for it, I just knew I liked it. But I also knew that it wasn't really my normal fabric choice. It was fabric I would enjoy sewing with, but perhaps not the end result so much. Then I realised it's colour scheme was perfect for these friends.
I've spent this week cutting out all the pieces for the remaining 20 blocks. And by Thursday night when I finished I was feeling like I hadn't achieved much. Obviously I had and when I started piecing the blocks, they went together beautifully quickly. But I needed a quick finish on Friday
Earlier this month, Fat Quarter Shop released a pretty little pincushion design. Perfect. Knowing I had cut all the blocks, I could use the scraps to cut for the pincushions.
The lace I've used has also been in my stash for a few years: I bought it for a particular project and then the person it was for bought one from a shop.... but it went beautifully with the look of these fabrics.
For the first time ever I used wire wool as well as stuffing to fill out the pincushion. It seems to be working so far. I made four pincushions: one for me, one for my mother-in-law, one for another family member and one for the organizer of our local patchwork group whose birthday it is.
I'm using Sweet Serenade by Basic Grey for Moda, which was released a few years ago now. I confess when I first bought it, I didn't have a plan for it, I just knew I liked it. But I also knew that it wasn't really my normal fabric choice. It was fabric I would enjoy sewing with, but perhaps not the end result so much. Then I realised it's colour scheme was perfect for these friends.
I've spent this week cutting out all the pieces for the remaining 20 blocks. And by Thursday night when I finished I was feeling like I hadn't achieved much. Obviously I had and when I started piecing the blocks, they went together beautifully quickly. But I needed a quick finish on Friday
Earlier this month, Fat Quarter Shop released a pretty little pincushion design. Perfect. Knowing I had cut all the blocks, I could use the scraps to cut for the pincushions.
The lace I've used has also been in my stash for a few years: I bought it for a particular project and then the person it was for bought one from a shop.... but it went beautifully with the look of these fabrics.
For the first time ever I used wire wool as well as stuffing to fill out the pincushion. It seems to be working so far. I made four pincushions: one for me, one for my mother-in-law, one for another family member and one for the organizer of our local patchwork group whose birthday it is.
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