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Monday, January 13, 2014
A Crazy Winter
It is time for me to give crazy-quilting a try, so I joined in with Carli at Good Earth Quilting and will be making a crazy-quilted wallhanging along with several others. The theme of the wallhanging is the four seasons. I started with winter.
I have my first block sewn up and ready for stitchery and embellishment. For the
centre, I used a little piece of a favourite snowflake fabric cut in a
hexagon shape. I wish now that I would have used a larger shape as the
snowflake doesnt show so well. I surrounded that hexagon with quilting
cottons, a batik and a solid all in my favourite colour, turquoise.
That colour reminds me of all the ice we had so far this winter. Then I
used some special fabrics from other projects. A polyester blouse, a
piece of bridal satin, some cotton lace edging and a gold painted sheer
fabric. From there, more cotton scraps and a beautiful turquoise satin
from a scrap bag from a friend. Everything in my block is a leftover
from another project. Such fun to make. Now to get to the hand stitching.
Hope you are having a quilty day.
Hope you are having a quilty day.
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Your block is so nice and square. Mine isn't. I love your table covering. Did you make that yourself?
ReplyDeleteFor your first time making a block yours turned out really well..if you want a larger center try using a five sided piece...that is what I use most times in the center of my crazy blocks...I really like your colors as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely...your favorite colour pops off the page!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks looks great...I love the colour!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great start to a new and interesting project. How big is it?
ReplyDeleteAfter viewing pics of several of the starter blocks for this project, I'm ready to pull my fabrics. I almost forgot to include snowflakes. this is going to be a fun, though very different project.
ReplyDeleteLovely block Linda , I never did hear back from Carli on this project . Have fun with it .
ReplyDeleteLove the color, and it definitely reminds me of the crazy quilts of yesteryear with the lace embellishments. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYou've chosen a great sewing activity and done such a beautiful job on your first block so far! Can't wait to see it grow.
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