Here is the hand pieced block I decided to try for the Project 48 Quilt, I may continue to make a hand pieced block along with the machine pieced blocks for this project.
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| Hand Pieced |
This is the machine pieced block I made earlier in the week, while I like the scrappy look of the block I think it would have been better with a different fabric in the center.
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| Machine pieced |
This is going to be a good learning experience project for me, I am still such a novice at rotary cutting and I get so stressed when I piece on a sewing machine trying to get every seam to line up perfect that it tends to suck the joy from the entire quilt making process so I am hoping to get more precise with my cutting and sewing on the blocks I make with the sewing machine.
I like hand work much more than machine. Using a machine always tightens me up. Here I just bought a small, simple machine too, for little projects so that I can spend more time on the details rather than stitching seams by hand. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are staying quite busy with you needleworking projects. Try to keep the joy.
FlowerLady
Love this - I hope you don't let striving for perfection take the joy of it... when everything is pieced, quilted and bound you won't notice those tiny details. These look just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI like the way the cream fabric with gold blends with the plainer cream fabric. I keep thinking of doing this with another colorway but haven't chosen a block yet. I think it is so effective. Plus, metallic gold on cream is very chic, no?
ReplyDeleteLeeanna