Blog 348
…And the best
laid plans and all that! I flew back from Florida overnight on Friday, arriving
back in Manchester on the Saturday morning. We had a wonderful time in the
Disney parks for 7 days on the trot; I don’t know how we kept up with our young
family but we did! And then there was an Amtrak journey (a la Portillo) to
Savannah and back. It wasn’t quite the journey that he had; with no viewing
gallery on the train and no deserted stations (he must have had a film crew
with him!) but it was an interesting and comfortable experience. On returning,
it took a day or two to sort out my sleep pattern so there was no way I was
sewing by Sunday. However now I have hit the ground running and here’s the
start of my latest projects which will go on the sale table at Gresford show in
a couple of weeks.
I found four multi-coloured
embroidered panels (8”) that I had made and framed for an exhibition but as they
didn’t sell, I needed to think of another way of using them. I decided to use
them as a panel on some quick cushions.
I bought some
14” cushion pads and set to work.
I cut out
four 15 ½” squares from the light fabric. I drew a diagonal grid onto the RS
with a pencil, each line 2” apart.
I placed one
of the squares onto the marked grid so that the corners of the square lined up
with the diagonals that went from corner to corner. I put a dot on the line
exactly where the corner of the embroidered square lay. (I didn’t want to quilt
all the way across the cushion but only around the edge so these dots show me
where the square will be placed and I can sew just inside the marks.)
Positioning
I placed a ruler
on these dots and marked another line ½” in from the edge of the ruler. This is
where I will stop and start sewing. I chose to do a herring bone stitch for
quilting lines.
I cut 1 ¼”
strips from the dark fabric to bind the centre panels.
Binding
More next
Sunday.
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