Triple Threat!

Foundation Piecing, Fussy Cutting and Glitter!

Three of the most testing things to contend with, at the otherwise enjoyable Connecting Threads workshop presented by Kate Percival the weekend before last;
1) Foundation piecing - still THE most trying technique - fiddly and wasteful.
2) Fussy cutting - just unbearably wasteful!
3) Glitter (Christmas fabric) - AAAGH! It gets into everything - my machine, my cutting mat, the ironing board and therefore everyone else's project, my hands and, by the end of the day, my face!!
Still I managed to get through the day and made this little snowy house block, having bravely cut into a couple of the Christmas FQs from Duxford. Now I've made a start, I will make it into a wallhanging or something for Christmas.

Then I went back to Michelle's charming Wild Flower quilt which finished up lovely. The 'osnaburg-like' background fabric was a bit challenging for my machine which gave me a few skipped stitches, but it came out well in the end.

After that I found I just couldn't live with the mistakes on the Halo block and set about unpicking it! It was incredibly tricky to dismantle just enough to get to the three sections that were wrong. Then I had to replace the little triangles without the foundation backing and put it all back together again. Lost a little accuracy on the points, but at least all the colours are in the right place.

Next job was for Mary, who wanted me to quilt these two cute panels as cot quilts to give to her friend. I like how the texture came out on the back of the Hungry Caterpillar. 

Mary also asked me to make this 'Bow Tucks' Bag designed by Penny Sturges. I've made several of these in the past and they are no small task. It took me twice as long as the two quilts to put together, but it was very satisfying when it was done. Lovely 'London' print fabric!

Now that I have all these tasks under my belt I can start on quilting this top for Valerie, who has pieced it so beautifully for her friend Lesley (who chose the lovely colour combination). I'm going to enjoy this one - I can feel more of those flower feathers coming on.

 

Happy Quilting Everyone!

Janet

www.englishquilter.co.uk   

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