I pulled what I had and then when to my LQS, which had a blues sale in April. I was going to use reds for wonky strip piecing for a quilt background, but with all the red in my family room, I think it would be too much to hang a mostly-red quilt there. Right now I'm waiting to see how blue the color sheet in the washer will be when the load is done.
And I finished this! Tonya, it will be in the mail today or tomorrow! What I learned from this:1) You do loosen up as you make letters. I made these in spelling order, and the i is definitely my favorite.
2) When piecing wonky piano keys, do it on a foundation. (Some of us learn the hard way.)
3) When the fabric has a wonky design, like these chilies, the piecing can still be fairly straight and it will look wonkier than it is.
10 comments:
Very fun name and thanks for the tips. I like your collection of blues. What sort of washer sheet do you use to catch the dye?
i love it!! turned out really well.
Your name 'block' turned out great!
It is looking great. I appreciate the tips that you learned. I really want to do something with letters.
I haven't had too many problems with blues...love the name block!
No blues?? That's the one color I'm usually drowning in, although it's somewhat to my chagrin. Love the Cheri block! The chile fabric makes it so fun.
Funnily enough, red is my disaster colour. Blue is fine.
Love the chili fabric and great name block.
whee, fun blues. that's a color I almost have too much of. the name block turned out great!
Well...I think your name is a real 'cutie patootie'!!!
I also picked up some blues the other day at the LQS...I had mostly lighter blues and no many darker tones....BUT I DO NOW!!!
Post a Comment