Blog 506
It’s more of the same this week. I have continued to make
progress by preparing some more blocks for the Contemporary Sampler. These
measure 5 ½” when trimmed so the individual pieces for the blocks are quite
small and fiddly to handle. But that’s never stopped me yet so ‘here’s some I
prepared earlier’ as the expression goes!
Four Patch
Card Trick
Maple Leaf
Rail Fence
I followed the same procedure of painted fusible, sheers and
stitch until I ran out of black cotton thread. This halted my progress somewhat
as I had to order some more and await its arrival.
Blocks with fusible
Sheers and stitch
Out of thread
I intend to cover the blocks with free-motion designs. All
the darks will be done in the black cotton thread and all the light areas in off-white.
And then I fretted about what colour to use for the medium areas. I recalled
someone in the mists of time telling me that lilac is a good all-round coloured
thread for general sewing as it goes with most colours. So that was what I chose
in the end. This project will probably be continued next week … and the week
after!!!! There’s a lot of work involved at each stage and although it probably
only took you 5 minutes to read this blog, just remember that it took me many
hours to provide the visual evidence of progress. Enjoy!
Free motion stitch 1
Free motion stitch 2
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