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This week I have set to and tidied my work space! Not a job
I particularly like to do really but I cannot bear it when I can’t see any working
surfaces any more. So, periodically I have a good turn-out, sort-out and throw-out.
During the course of this therapeutic but non-creative process, I came across
things which have served me well for this week’s blog!
Firstly, I found
a pile of paper strips which were cut away from the A4 sheets I used last year as
a foundation for a scrap quilt. As I dislike waste, I began to ponder how I
could use them to make a scrap quilt this year. So, armed with a bag of
colourful strips, a sewing machine to sew straight lines and the seed of an
idea, I began to sew. I tried several paper layouts first and here’s the
progress.
Layout 3
And secondly, I
found a pile of ready-bonded hearts in rich colours, ready for some project
long forgotten! I have a drawer of calico fabrics that I dyed enthusiastically
years ago only to realise that there were much nicer ready–dyed fabrics already
on the market to buy! I have never dyed since! I cut 6 ½” background squares,
fused the hearts centrally and joined the squares together in rows and the rows
together to form a quilt centre. A colourful border fabric was added to
complete another quilt top. Job done; 4 down, 2 to go!
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