Showing posts with label Jane Davidson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jane Davidson. Show all posts

Monday, March 14, 2016

Local Quilt Shop (TSS 009)


Another 6" block done - this one is Scrapcat's Quilt Shoppe!  Yes, you may've noticed that I skipped #008 in the series - I have some ideas, but I need to read up on the technique. In the interim, I played with this one.

I had the nicest compliment about my embroidery. Someone said her machine only does monograms. I told her mine was done by hand. I can't hand draw letters so I typed it out in Microsoft Word. I printed out the pattern and used a light box to transfer to my prepared fabric


I also decided I needed to add some "quilty features" to my Quilt Shoppe block so I paper-pieced a flying geese for over the door and a square-in-a-square for the window.


Cute, eh? It's made of scraps from other blocks.


I was going to add other quilty effects (like a strip-pieced roof or "siding" made from selvages), but the sections were so small the details were lost in the seams. 


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That's a lot of pieces!

I've decided to keep a counter at the bottom of these posts to track them. 
The totals are based on the original patterns and not on deviations.

Local Quilt Shop= 17


Total to Date: 180 pieces*

*Does not include TSS 008

Monday, February 22, 2016

Wings (TSS 002)


I finished piecing block #2 - Wings! It just need to embroider the antennae. Isn't it whimsical?

It was a pleasure piecing, and I'm pretty proud at how flat my 6 1/2" square lays. I used the perfect points technique for the center of each butterfly. 


My other suggestion for this block is to not treat it as 36-1" blocks but, actually, as a glorified 9 patch! So much easier to do it in smaller sections and then piece together. 

30 different fabrics in 6 inches!

I love it! I'm saving the antennae for a night in front of the TV. 


For a copy of the pattern, visit The Splendid Sampler Block 2.