Wednesday 8 May 2013

Mindless piecing

 

I spent the day trying to figure out a back for the floral churn dash. Finally came up with a plan. The hardest part was the multitude of choices. I have so many pieces of yardage, especially floral. But I’ve managed to use up a big chunk of one of them. I found it last year at the thrift store and paid about $3. Two yards of Pat Sloan’s Old Blooms. Which seemed very appropriate for my MIL’s quilt.

Old Blooms

The centre square is from another floral pint and is a nosegay. The orange side bars are a result of an arithmetic error but now that they are in place it sets everything off so well I’m calling it a design choice.
Here’s the finished front.
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One of the fabrics doesn’t photograph well and I get that glare every time.

While I was working on this I need something for leaders and enders that was pretty mindless so I pulled out Easy Street. I’ve been meaning to get back to this and realized it has been months since I touched it. All the containers of pieces have been cluttering up my sewing area so time to get it out of the way.

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My design wall is not big enough for this, I have more done, only a dozen blocks left.

2 comments:

  1. you are lucky, i don't have room for even that little machine...true! and easy street? looking great!

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    1. Thanks Grace, I know I shouldn't complain, since I have a whole bedroom for my sewing room. You do wonderful quilts in very little space.

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