Blog 484
This week it rained almost non-stop so I holed myself up in
my playroom and concentrated on my stack of half-square triangles. These have
been building up over the last 3 months as my on-going hand project which I
take to Gresford and Nercwys craft groups. I attend these groups mainly to socialise
with like-minded crafters, so I need something I can sew without much concentration.
I also need to be able to talk/listen at the same time or there is no point in
going! Progress is therefore slow and measured but it is surprising how it
continues to develop. I think it was the mention of the Gresford show in June
that spurred me on to the joining up stage of this project; a bit of healthy
pressure never did anyone any harm! I work better under pressure!
The starting squares were cut at 5” and the resulting
triangles were trimmed to 4½”. Some blocks I created by joining light triangles
together, others with dark triangles together.
I resewed the block below because the triangle in the bottom
right hand corner didn’t look right! There was insufficient contrast between
the medium yellow/orange on the corner and the blob of yellow on the adjacent dark
triangle.
Once the blocks were pressed, with the seams lying flat, I
was ready to join them together. But what faced me was the prospect of joining
together accurately a junction where 8 fabrics converged! I side-stepped this
nicely by bringing some calico into the mix!
So far I have joined together 7 blocks with a 1½”calico
strip to produce 5 vertical lines. I shall do a couple more such lines and
probably make a square throw. The lines are shown below on a white pin board
but I am considering adding a corner square at each junction for interest.
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