This one I pieced traditionally. It's was not easy, though it doesn't have that many pieces. Lots of scrappy pinks and magentas from that batik scraps collection I was given.
This one I just finished today. It too was traditionally pieced. It was much easier than the one above. Those fabrics were hand-dyed by Vicki Welsh.
This next has foundation-paper-pieced triangles so it went together pretty easily in spite of the oddly shaped pieces. The turquoise blue is also from Vicki - the darker is a commercially dyed fabric.
I also foundation paper pieced this block - it was quick and could have used up more batik scraps, but I decided I wanted these turquoises and I didn't have enough of that in the scraps. The semi-solid is also from Vicki.
I never want to attempt this at 8 inches again. The gray fabrics around the star were batik scraps, the other colored fabrics are from a selection of batik fat quarters Joyce gave me. I decided to try my hand at a color concept I read about years ago. I think I got what I was going for, though you can't see it in this photo - the yellow is really much brighter than it appears. And though this is far from perfect, some of what appear to be wrinkles are actually just the prints.
Ready to see what next week brings, I went back through all the old posts on Barbara Brackman's blog and wrote down the options for simpler blocks she gave us with some of those - I'm going to try to be more sensible than to do this sort of block again!
And finally, there was a nice 12 inch block for the Westering Women project. This is called Chimney Rock. I decided to use the medium gray fabric to look rocky - it will give me a place to quilt but looks a little sad in the corners with the snazzy stripes. Lots of Y seams in this block, but at this scale, the piecer has a little wiggle room.
1 comment:
Okay, you put me to shame! Those hexes are great! I'm also behind, but I will prepare one of those more complicated ones to paper piece at bee tomorrow.
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