25 Friday Sep 2015
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I’ve been finishing up the layout and piecing of the steam punk blocks. I finally decided to go with one of the layout sketches I showed you before, this one:
and here’s a sneak peek at it before I square it up.
You may be able to pick out the almost invisible cat helper. I’ll post more photos when I’ve pressed it and squared it up.
05 Saturday Sep 2015
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A visit to Camden isn’t complete without a visit to the Stitcher’s Cupboard. I went to pick up some fabrics to complete the Steam Punk-ish quilt. I’ve changed my mind on layout, yet again. I’ll show you when I’ve made some progress.
I also stocked up on my favourite Sue Daley milliner’s needles – size 11, 12 and 15! I haven’t tried the 15s before so I’ll let you know how they go but I’m thinking they’ll be fabulous for appliqué.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
04 Friday Sep 2015
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I like English Paper Piecing and I’ve recently been playing around with fancy hexagon/diamond patterns. There’s a great Craftsy course that shows you how to sew fabrics together and then piece the hexagon. It’s called Pieced Hexies: Beyond English Paper Piecing by Mickey Depre and it’s well worth a look.
Today I received a book I ordered, called the New Hexagon by Katja Marek, which does similar things but uses different paper shapes to make up the hexagon. It looks like a lot of fun but I have to get back to sewing my steam punks together first…
02 Wednesday Sep 2015
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The last couple of days on my walk to the shops through a small urban park I’ve noticed a couple of Tawny Frogmouths. At least that’s what I think they are. However, yesterday on that same walk there was only one. I do hope the other one is all right. They are not usually flying around during the day as they are nocturnal.
01 Tuesday Sep 2015
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Thank you for all your comments on the steam punk quilt. I think I’ve come up with a decision. I had made 29 blocks so I decided to make one more to round it up to 30. See below.
My plan is to intersperse these blocks with the improv blocks I showed on my Facebook page a while back. You can see them in photo below.
I’m not planning the same layout however, as they are only 6″ finished size whereas the steam punks are 9″ finished. So I plan to add borders made of the same mixed fabrics that I used as the backgrounds for the steam punk blocks. What do you think?
