BLOG 337
If you have been following my blog you will know that I have
been playing with an old favourite block, namely Delectable Mountain. This is the wall hanging I made some time ago
to enhance the décor in a bedroom.
This week I have continued to sew more colourful blocks to
make another such wall hanging. As I made a block, I laid it on the carpet by
the sewing machine table (in the absence of a design wall) so that I could try
different placements and see the layout developing.
I could see a strong diamond pattern developing and decided
to run with it. By layout 3 I thought I had finished but then I realised that
the tips of the dominant yellow diamond had been cut off. One more row to top
and bottom was sewn and the final layout was complete. It needs constructing
and quilting now but I am well pleased with the result and it reminds me that
fabrics are never too good to use! Storm Doris was to blame for this one!
Last Monday I had a sewing day with Suzette (one pin Smart!).
There is a cosy group of just 4 of us sitting around the table in Suzette’s
kitchen and I feel privileged to be there alongside such competent and
imaginative sewers. I have yet to break away totally from the years of dogged
precision that became second nature to me during my 30 years of quilting. I do
try to be freer but it’s hard. Here’s what is going on around me. Peggy has
made another fabulous wreath, this time in tropical colours with a humming
bird. Pat has embarked on another cockerel with attitude and Suzette is
creating another of her signature birds. It’s all wonderful!!
And I am having another go at a machine embroidered bowl, just
like Ella did last week. This one will sit beside my sewing machine to collect
the threads I discard and, hopefully, it will get me out of the habit of just
dropping them on the floor!
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