Blog 292
And
now for the triangles. Whilst trawling through goodness knows whose blog a
while ago, I saw a pile of triangles whch she said that she had cut the
previous evening with her Sizix machine. There followed a comprehensive Google
search by me to find out what that was! And just to illustrate the hand of
fate, I was at Llangollen a few days later and I saw this machine on the table
being used to cut out paper templates for the English paper method of
patchworking. I talked about the machine with the owner who invited me to bring
over some fabrics to try it out. This I did and was very impressed with the
fact that I could cut out 6/8 layers of fabric at once. This encouraged me to
delve further. I priced them (not cheap) and priced the cutting forms
(expensive outlay for just one form) and continued to mull over whether I would
really get the use out of one or not. A week later, I was at Llangollen talking
about it again and a family member (we share the same grand children) said she
had one and I could borrow it! So this is it.
The
machine and form
And
a short training course later and I too am cutting our piles of triangles! It
couldn’t be easier.
I
fancied working with triangles because I once made a 2-colour quilt which now drapes
over a rocking chair in my kitchen. Red was my dark colour and yellow was my
light colour. I used as many reds as possible from maroon through scarlet to
pinks and the same with the yellow from orange through gold to lemon. It
remains a firm favourite. So now that I am armed with the right tools for the
job, I feel another quilt … or two … coming on! (You would think that I had
discovered gold wouldn’t you? These machine have been around for ages but I
have just become aware of their potential. Better late than never is what I say!)
I
started to cut bright colours for starters because I couldn’t resist having a
go on the machine. I will need to build up a good stock of lights and darks
before I start to construct a quilt but, in the meantime, I have started to
play with ideas on my design wall.
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