Blog 334
The ‘Stack the
Deck’ blocks are continued here. They were organised beside my machine and I
had the iron handy. I joined the pieces
together in the reverse order.
Stacks
First seam
Second seam
Final seam
And the block is
completed! I had forgotten how quick this technique was. However, when I
stacked my fabrics squares, I placed them ‘dark, dark, light, light’ and that
has placed the darks together and the lights together, so obvious when you
think about it! When 16 blocks (1/4 yard of each fabric) were laid out, a
rather modern looking design had been created. The other problem that occurred was
that I made the cut between 3 and 4 go from one side of the fabric across to
the other which created a big chunk of fabric across each the 4 blocks. This
only occurred on one set of 4 as I cut each stack in a different way. I should
have bought the book on the subject by Karla Alexander so I had a better
knowledge of it!!
Lay-out 1
Lay-out 2
I then started to
wonder if the effect would be different if I placed the fabrics ‘dark, light,
dark, light.’ That resulted in a more balanced distribution of the fabrics as
seen in the comparison below. They both work and they have been completed as
Linus quilts.
2 variations
Quilting the cats
Decorative seams
Quilting the 9-patch
Sewing the binding
Mitred corner
Starting edge
Finishing edge
And there you have it, 6 quilts for the Linus project. I am
glad I have got that out of my system. Slamming quilts under the sewing machine
allows you to cover ground quickly but there is little joy in working at that
level constantly. I am now returning to my creative pursuits and will make more
Linus quilts later in the year.
6 Linus quilts
And finally, it must be cold. Here’s Willow as close to the
fire as she can get without stepping on the hearth!
Winter
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