This week, despite previous protestations to the contrary, I decided to embark on making yet another hand pieced quilt. After a few weeks of not doing any sewing, I was getting withdrawal symptoms and wanted to start something new. To be honest, I have so much fabric that I need to use for something and quilting is an ideal and very enjoyable use.
As always, I started by deciding what shape the pieces were going to be and I decided that this time around I was going to do something a little different and use smallish slim rectangles, a bit like I used on some rows of my recent new sewing machine cover. I figured, that being small pieces, the project would take me a good long time, as it will be a double quilt, and I quite like the look of the narrow rows. I've not made a large quilt exactly like this before, so it will be interesting to see how it works out.
Here's a picture of the size of the rectangles:
They are approximately 4.75cm x 12.75cm. I then proceeded to cut out lots of paper pieces, ready to start.
The next job, was to choose some fabrics to use. I have such a big stash that this took a while, but I found some pieces that I thought would work and which enabled me to get started. Here's a picture of the ones I chose:
I've gone for mainly ditsy prints, as these tend to work really well when using smaller pieces and when quilting using the paper piecing method. A couple are from my Laura Ashley vintage collection and others are one's I've picked up over the years, with a view to using for quilting at some point. I've gone for reds, greens and browns, which might sound like a strange combination, but I'm hoping it will work okay. I'm not entirely sure how it will come together yet, I'm hoping that that will become more apparent when I get whole actual rows finished.
I'm aiming to spend an hour or two each day working on the project, for the remainder of Lockdown, and then as much as I have time for once I return to work. I suspect it will take the best part of this year to finish, which should keep me occupied.
I'll keep you posted with progress as it happens.
It does feel good to have a huge project on the go, days can be long and boring.
ReplyDeleteGood for you. I think the colour combination will work well.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I love your colour combinations! The materials are lovely!
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