It took me a few days to decide which fabrics I wanted to use. I started with the yellow fabric then added to each side of it. I was very happy with how all the fabrics looked together.
My construction technique is the same one I used for this quilt. In a nutshell, I drew my design on freezer paper, cut the freezer paper apart and ironed each piece to the back of the fabric. I cut the fabric around the freezer paper templates, adding 1/4″ seam allowances. I reassembled the pattern by overlapping the seam allowances and using the freezer paper to hold them together. Working from the back, I stitched in the gap between the paper templates. Then from the front, I trimmed each seam allowance very close to the stitching. This leaves raw edges, which will later be covered with bias tape, another design element.
back – pieces stitched together between FP pieces front – seam allowances trimmed close to stitching
However, once I had sewn all the pieces together (except the last ones on each side), I discovered my measurements were off and I had made it wider than the required 16″ size. I didn’t want to remove any of the fabrics because I like how they all look together. So now I am going to add more curvy strips to each side to make it 32″ wide. (The required sizes for this exhibit are either 16″ x 16″ or 16″ x 32″.) So this is what’s on my design wall now.
Check back in a few days, and see how it’s going.
I will be linking up with these blogs – click on the links below, where you’ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.
- Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday
- Can I get a Whoop Whoop? by Confessions of a Fabric Addict
- Love Laugh Quilt Monday Making
- Quilt Fabrication Midweek Makers
An interesting start; but all improv starts are interesting, aren’t they! I’m really keen to see where you take this.