Friday, June 01, 2018

Piecing process ...

Fridays are generally a day where I have some time to myself, so I finished up some cutting and began to make busy foundation piecing the next borders for the Phebe project:

Piecing this way always looks kind of jiggly wobbly until it's trimmed at the end, but at least I can be sure all these points are going to be perfect when they're stitched to foundations.

Each row has 62 coloured triangles and a similar number of them in background fabric, and I'm piecing the four borders in tandem so I can keep the fabric placement consistent. This means I have a whole bunch of tiny pieces to play with over the next few days - looking forward to attaching these borders to the main body of the quilt will keep me motivated, otherwise it's pretty mindless piecing.

Do you see that pinky coloured fabric third from the right up there? My goodness that one has some age on it. It's from the Sarah Johnson collection and I'm guessing it's close to 20 years old - amazing how these oldies turn up in my stash! I remember it was a huge purchase for me at the time - I got a skinny quarter of the whole collection from a local quilt store. Being a fairly new quilter at that time I thought it was really extravagant, but it's much more common now to participate in that kind of stash building. Having said that, I'm pretty sure I have enough fabric to last until the end of time, but it doesn't seem to stop me from adding to it!!

In other news, Blogger seems to have made a recent change which coincided with my last post - and it meant that none of the comments my readers made were emailed to me. So disappointing, because I do like to respond to all messages if I can. Please pop me a note on this post if you can, I'd like to see if it has been rectified or if it's an ongoing problem. Thank you so much, and chatter soon! xox

5 comments:

Mary Ann said...

I always enjoy your postings. Your quilts are beautiful, your fabric choices enhance their beauty.

Monique D (Belgique) said...

Pour moi, c'est toujours un plaisir de découvrir tes nouveaux articles et les ouvrages que tu présentes. Cela me donne parfois des idées, même si j'ai déjà beaucoup de projets en tête...
Amicalement

Janet said...

Wow, that is a lot of foundation piecing you did. I love it. Is that a black flower on the pink fabric you mentioned? In my last comment I could not find the problem on your green star block. The next morning I found it and commented then too. As always thank you for sharing your Phebe journey.

Karen said...

Your quilt reminds me of Indian teepees.

sandra said...

I'm making Phebe too. Started it a few years ago and am picking it up again.Do you know where I could find a tutorial on how to draw foundation paper piecing patterns in Corel draw? I like the idea of foundation Piecing the dogtooth Borders. Thank you.

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