by Emmely | Apr 25, 2018 | Quilting, Work in progress
Last week’s 2-coloured units were stacked in layers of 4 and I made another angled cut. The two sides were mixed and matched to make 4 new units with different colour combinations. I put them on my design wall and started shuffling. I did want the colours to be...
by Emmely | Apr 18, 2018 | Quilting, Work in progress
Last weekend I wanted to do some improvisational piecing and just started cutting. I used a selection of blue and orange/brownish fabric pieces from Cherrywood fabrics grab bags which were stacked in piles of 4, sliced once at an angle and pieced together to make 4...
by Emmely | Jul 4, 2015 | F2F, Finished project, Paper piecing, Quilting, Sewing
Earlier this year, I joined the Foot2Freestyle block swap organized by Kate and Sue. 12 quilters have picked one or more colours and each month we’re making three 12.5’’ blocks in the colours chosen by that month’s quilter. Each person ends up with 36 blocks that she...
by Emmely | Mar 29, 2014 | Finished project, Sewing
To make a long story (not even that) short, this t-shirt is an excellent example of what happens when I: Decide to use a 65cm long, 1.5m wide piece of fabric to make a ¾ or long sleeved t-shirt. People, this doesn’t fit unless you are a child or possibly when you wore...