New fabric
Well new to me at least. It is Twiggy by Sanae which I think came out a couple of years ago but my LQS were selling off the layer cake last month at a price I couldn't resist. I had no real plan for it but when my Mum was here at half-term she really liked it so I've decided I'll make a quilt for her 60th birthday.
The plan is to make this one
I'm thinking about quilting hand prints onto the large squares (me, my sister, our kids, my Dad). What do you think - nice idea or a bit cheesy?
New technique
I had a go at paper piecing last night and I loved it! I've put off trying it as it looked scary but I love the circle of flying geese I've seen on various blogs. I thought better not run before I can walk so I started with something a bit simpler
As it is the 1st of March (Happy St David's day to any Welsh visitors) Lily's Quilts is running her monthly Small Blog meet. I linked up last month and had some lovely people come to visit and I found some great new blogs so I'm linking up again.
Now I'm off to see who else is linking up.
Sarah
Hi Sarah - I linked up over at Lily's for the first time - I'm a new blogger. So hi from New Zealand!
ReplyDeleteThe lattice pattern is gorgeous! It is going to look great. I was scared about paper piecing at first too, but it is really fun! I feel like I have more control with it. The star is really pretty!
ReplyDeleteHiya saw your blog over at Lily's! New follower =D
ReplyDeleteLove the lattice pattern. It's a great idea. Paper piecing is tricky. I'm making hexies at the moment O_O
I can just about manage a hexie - your paper piecing looks terrific!
ReplyDeletegreat job on the paper piecing
ReplyDeleteJust visiting after seeing your link on Lily's Quilts. I also just recently tried (and blogged about) paper piecing and I also love it. I'm following your link to Fresh Lemon Quilts to try more.
ReplyDeletethat twiggy fabric is gorgeous! a new follower from Lily's SBM. x
ReplyDeleteSale fabric is always a bit more beautiful than regular fabric .. I will have to try out paper piecing too, as it really looks good (as soon as I moved my sewing machine, together with the rest to my new place) - I hope it doesn't look good only because you did it, but because paper piecing is doable by (almost) everyone.
ReplyDeleteHi there! Just stopping by from the small blog meet. I just tried paper-piecing for the first time a couple weeks ago, so fun! And totally not as scarey as I had expected. Your first piece looks great! :)
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