Monday, January 16, 2012

IT BEGAN AS SIMPLE... then moved on from there


It really did begin as a simple idea: take 3 fabrics; cut into 5" squares; stack them up; make a couple of cuts; and, sew back together. Ok... I wanted to make more than two cuts b/c my beginning squares would be larger -- 6" rather than 5". Now I needed more squares [you need one more square than cuts you plan to make].

Well, so far so good, except I cut across a CORNER instead of cutting across the square! This tips the balance of the seam allowances which is why my finished 'squares' are rectangles.


I like to "clean up" the diagonal before sewing the last corner piece on... just keeps things neat and easy.


Now we have wonky sort-of-rectangles. Not to worry, a bit of squaring up and a touch with an iron will make them look pretty and neat:


I wanted to keep my blocks very simple, so I chose to do a feather stitch with my Janome6500 and King Tut variegated thread. The hearts are cut-outs left over from a H2H Swap I did a couple of years ago. I thought it would help settle the white areas down -- nope. Don't like it. Doesn't go well with my fabric, so I put them on my friend's blocks -- voila! Looks great [pic below]


This was a quick and fun project to do with a friend. We plan to take our "experiments" to Friendship Group with us tomorrow [Tuesday] to share.  Perhaps they will want to make some too.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed your visit and will come back again -- leave a comment and say 'hello' -- It is always interesting to hear the thoughts of others.

Quilty Hugs,

4 comments:

Art by Rhoda Forbes said...

Hi Cyn, what a fun quilt to make.
How are you doing on the Orca bay quilt?

LuAnn said...

Hi Cyn I love your blocks. What a cute idea. I finally cut a few pieces and started Orca Bay. There are just so many pretty ones out here in blog land.

Craftluver said...

Great idea to stack and slice! Love the heart too. Have been in the same swap! Should go look for the blocks! If you need some fabrics for this project let me know OK?

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

What a fun project! Love the little hearts you added!