Necessary Evil!
It must have been withdrawal symptoms... not being able to sew over the Easter weekend... but this week I have thrown myself into 2 things I generally do very little of.
The first was foundation piecing. Sandy has been leading the way on a very intricate Block of the Month project called the 'Halo Quilt', designed by Sue Garman (sadly no longer with us) for the Quilt Show.
But I really wanted to have a go at curved flying geese and there really is no other way but foundation piecing.
It is not my favourite technique, but I got stuck in and produced these 16 'arcs' in 2 days. I was pleasantly surprised at how little waste there was, as it gave me the opportunity to use up little odds and ends from my 'Treasure basket'.
I will probably need to make more, but I haven't decided on the final layout yet. As usual I am making it up as I go along and will adapt the original pattern to incorporate other elements of my own.
So far, so good!
The other thing I have been playing with is English Paper Piecing. I was so impressed with Karen's little hexie quilt made using pre-cut 'Hexieforms' which can be left in, that I ordered some (300 actually), but smaller, with 3/4 inch sides. I am inspired to make a smaller scale 'Mrs Billing's Coverlet' style quilt and I plan to use them for applique rather than make a whole piece with them.
The cutting out and tacking is rather tedious (though not wasteful), but once you start to piece them into these little flower shapes they come together really quickly.
I can see how this can become addictive!
Happy Quilting Everyone!
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