For those out there on the fabric diet, please skip this part! Because in your eyes I have been a naughty girl, and I have started to ask myself the question whether I'd rather buy fabric than food, and I'm not quilte sure about the answer (this was a rather untastful joke, but it has a small ring of truth to it (unfortunately:-))). This yardage arrived earlier this week.
Except for the beige/cream with purple flowers, which will be used as backing for a sampler I'm working on (I'll post a picture of it one of these days), I have no plans for it. But who knows...? And today I recieved 20 FQs of Jennifer Chiaverini's Circle of Quilter's collection for Red Rooster. I have no idea what I'm going to do with these either, but I just had to have them– they are so pretty!
I have managed to stitch a bit this week as well, all though not been as productive as I would have liked. I have made five new blocks for my SBS.
The Grandmother's fan and the Dresden plate are the first blocks I have hand pieced in my life, not counting a few smaller projects using English paper piecing. I made a thin pencil line around the templates and stitched just outside the line, leaving a scant 1/4" seam allowance (this is called American hand piecing???) - it worked wonderfully, so I have cut a couple of other blocks to make this way as well. I have suffered more or less from a phobia of curved seams and appliqué, and in the SBS there are plenty of both. So I have decided to try and tackle my fears and just go ahead and make the ones I dread the most:-) We’ll se how it goes…
11 comments:
they are lovely fabrics. I have done the same thing too, buying fabric just because i liked it. This year i'm trying to be very good and only buy fabrics that i need to finish my UFOs.
Fabulous fabrics! I'm going to have to go find those. Congrats on the hand piecing - did you have to mark a seam line?
great fabrics and great blocks-- i would have had a hard time resisting those fabrics myself!
u cant have too much fabric.....if u love it buy it!!!.......i adore ur blocks, great job!!!...cant wait to see what u do with them.
Fabric doesn´t make you fat and doesn´t get bad! Those are some reasons of buying a lot of them!
Your SBS blocks look really nice and for a first try , it is a master try!
That pile of fat quarters is yummy!!! I can see why you bought them!
Ooooh you weren't kidding, you are a dye-hard Jennifer Chiavernini fan! Lol* Well, I think I AM going be right there with you! Lol*
I just love your fabric choices also - I'm on NO fabric diet! Lol*
Oh, and your dresden plate and grandmother's fan are BEAUTIFUL! I would never know that they were the first hand pieced blocks you've ever made, they look wonderful! I'm so jealous!
Great job on your quilt blocks. I have yet to try any curved piecing. I'm scared. But you have inspired me to try. :) Someday. Love the fabric colors too. I'm a flowery/brights girl. :)
The blocks turned out wonderfully. When I hand stitch - I do it right on the line. I also will do a 1/4 inch pencil line for my cutting line. I have never heard it called American hand piecing.
You are really moving along. It is going to be a fabulous quilt.
Oh........nice fabrics.......
You are really getting me to think about the SBS quilt. I have all the instructions printed and ready to go. I will have to think about the fabric. Yours is looking lovely.
I didn't know there were fabrics based on Jennifer's novels! I guess it's a good think I didn't know that. They are very pretty. I love those books!
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