Haunted by hexies
English paper piecing. Finally. Sort of inevitable in that I’m English and I have a lot of paper lying around. And I like to piece fabrics together. This project is inspired by a piece...
Category: stitching
Golden houses
I laid out the sunshine quilt again today. The design is morphing quickly. The dark butterfly looks good to me. I’m about half done whipstitching the edge to better define it. She also needs...
Caramel border
I’m in love with these squares. This cloth is moving along much faster than I expected. Because I can’t get enough of the colors and fabrics and threads I’m using. And I really want...
Dark butterfly
An experiment in reconstruction. I wove and stitched fabric strips together. Then cut them apart. Then reassembled them in the vague shape of a butterfly. Then pinned and restitched. A challenge to stitch because...
Biodynamic nine patches
I really have too many projects in progress to start another. But these dyed and printed strips were calling out so loudly to be placed next to each other. Before I really realized what...
Trials
Oh my gosh, the sunshine quilt design is proving to be very challenging. Why should I not be totally pleased with it when it’s all done? This keeps me tinkering and messing around with...