Day: 2 August 2009

patchwork

More practice blocks

My name is Lara and I am an addict.  I am a patchworkaholic.  I think it’s official.  I’ve been making more, more, more practice blocks from my fabric scraps.  A wonky log cabin block:

Practice block E - wonky log cabin by you.

And another one:

Practice block F - wonky log cabin by you.

Then my first try at an improvised house block – not wonky enough!  The next one of these I do will be much more crooked and asymetrical.

Practice block G - not-wonky-enough house by you.

Finally, one of my favourites – a spiderweb block.

Practice block H - spiderweb, paper pieced by you.

I used paper foundation piecing following these instructions to make this block, and I think it took me around four hours to complete.  Phew!  It certainly used up a fair number of scraps.  I love quilts made from this pattern, and surely it would be faster with practice.  There are plenty of tutorials with varied ways to construct these blocks on the internet.

I don’t think that there is a cure for this addiction.

by thornberry
fabric stash, Sunday Stash

Sunday Stash #36

These lovely fabrics were purchased at last weekend’s craft fair from Kelani.  Just a fat quarter of the first one:

IMG_9998 by you.

oh, so pretty!  Plus an Aunty Cookie mix pack.

Aunty Cookie fabrics by you.

Would have loved to buy more, but suffered severely from too-much-choice-itis.  I particularly adore the special edition Lara Cameron fabrics that are sold by Kelani, but need to work out what special project I want to use them on.  At the moment I’m thinking of a skirt for myself from this one and/or maybe this one but I also love the prints by Shannon and Caitlin and all the Ink and Spindle girls, and then there is Kristen … my goodness, the list keeps on getting longer.  I actually have fabric by most of these talented ladies in my stash already – I just need to USE it rather than simply look at it and sigh….

by thornberry