This layout was in my last post. I took my time putting it together. The paper makes it difficult to piece the blocks together. They slip. To get the most precise points, I baste them together first with the longest machine stitch on my machine. Then I go in and make adjustments, if necessary, by removing a section of the basting stitches.
This is how the main body turned out:
The patterns in the design really are starting to show now. Can you see the curved lines?
There are several options for finishing and I chose one that would accentuate one of the patterns:
I really love this layout. It really accentuates the curved medallion,but OOPS!, do you see my mistake in the upper left corner? Ratz! So I ripped and fixed and added the outer borders. Some very naughty words came out of my mouth as I realized I put one border on wrong side out and then when I went to rip it out, I realized I took off the wrong border. But finally the top is done. Yay!
I added the skinny colored border using scraps. It added just a little pop of color.
This is what tge back looked like when I was finished . The papers are all a bit ragged at this point.
I shorten the stitch length when stitching to the newsprint paper foundation.
This helps the paper to come off easily.
My set up here isn't conducive to quilting, so I will roll it up onto one of those swim noodles and try to come up with a plan to quilt it when I return to PA.
In the meantime, if you haven't done any paperpiecing and would like to try, I designed a simple little birdhouse quilt a bunch of years ago. You can get the free pattern HERE.
It came out so beautiful! Can't wait to see it quilted!
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, simply gorgeous! It seems like everyone stitches the blocks together with the papers on. I did that on my Storm at Sea (my very first paper pieced project), and there was so much bulk that I had a hard time getting everything to line up. I thought I had made a mistake by not removing the papers before I sewed the blocks together. Why didn't I think about machine basting the blocks together? Duh!
ReplyDeleteVery very pretty.
ReplyDeleteI just love it....what a beautiful SAS!
ReplyDeleteThe difference between your first shot and the finished shot is nothing short of remarkable. I'm a convert to machine basting!
ReplyDeleteReally Nice! great setting
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