06 February 2013
Dear Jane Wednesday
The block for this week is H3 - Berry Baskets. At first glance I thought I would hand piece this one, but as one of my goals this year is to become better acquainted with my machine I decided to paper piece it. I am not a fan of traditional pp, and I really dislike removing the paper afterwards, so when I heard about a new to me method using freezer paper I thought I would give it a try. Anna from Twiddletales has written a fabulous tutorial for this method which you can find HERE
I really like this new colour scheme I have decided on for the full quilt, having previously made blocks in brights and a lap quilt using civil war fabrics (you can see these HERE) I decided I wanted an antique looking feel to this one. I have gone through my stash and pulled fabrics which I think will work, if possible I would like to use a different one for each block. I am not sure if I will have enough of the ivory solid to use for the background but I will use what I have and then look for something similar if necessary.
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i haven't done this block yet. not sure which technique i would use, have to check the book first. my fav is regular piecing and do it when ever I can, though i am pretty good at paper piecing, though like you, i dislike having to remove the paper.
ReplyDeleteHey, that freezer paper method is very interesting. I'll have to try it out.
ReplyDeleteNice block. I like the FP-PPing method too. Works great.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your quilt projects. I would love to be able to make a quilt.
ReplyDeleteI am so far behind on blog reading, but I'm so happy that I saw the link to the FP tutorial. I'm about to start my Dear Jane and hated pulling all that paper off the blogs. I'm definitely going to have to try this.
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