Winter Themed 12.5 Block Swap
08-10-2017, 04:03 PM
#181
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 531
Love all the posted blocks, the colors and ideas are so lively. You all are real go-getters, and they are beautiful.
Have been staying off the Board (houseguests, backyard renovation, jumbled busy-ness is my August so far).
Also I did not want to post until I had something to show.
I vowed to do piecing this time as my skills at piecing are hit-or-miss. First I DID piece a green spectrum and then cut out shapes to make my trees... then was applique-ing by hand (the snowdrift and trunk) before I realized it! The tree foliage is machine-appliqued, my first time using a variable-colored thread.
I know it's simple but it still took a long time!
So here it is, untrimmed yet but will be 12.5" as agreed. I hope to follow a pattern for my next set in order to do an entirely pieced block from a book I have.
Have been staying off the Board (houseguests, backyard renovation, jumbled busy-ness is my August so far).
Also I did not want to post until I had something to show.
I vowed to do piecing this time as my skills at piecing are hit-or-miss. First I DID piece a green spectrum and then cut out shapes to make my trees... then was applique-ing by hand (the snowdrift and trunk) before I realized it! The tree foliage is machine-appliqued, my first time using a variable-colored thread.
I know it's simple but it still took a long time!
So here it is, untrimmed yet but will be 12.5" as agreed. I hope to follow a pattern for my next set in order to do an entirely pieced block from a book I have.
08-11-2017, 08:21 AM
#186
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Utah
Posts: 1,318
Hi Red,
Thanks for the tip! I'm always looking for new idea's.
Thanks for the tip! I'm always looking for new idea's.
"So red you have any good tips you use for organizing your sewing room? Hope it goes well."
Muse and Sew
I have tons of organizational pieces in my sewing room. The closet is full of drawers in cubby holes and shelving to be able to put things away where they are easily found again. Under my quilting table there are plastic storage units that are pull out drawers to store swap blocks, ready to be quilted tops with their backings and items I use for the quilting table. My sewing desk is also my cutting table. It is perfect being an L shape. In the corner I have placed two tall plastic storage units that holds drawers of mostly threads with some tools. Above my sewing desk there is cabinetry like you would see in a kitchen but white melamine to hold fabric and kits. I store my fabrics by season and by color. So finding a certain fabric is pretty easy.
I suppose I would say, get some functional storage pieces to be able to organize with and you will be surprised how fast things can be put away. Always put them in the same place and do your cleaning in the early morning so you can enjoy it the rest of the day.
I hope that helps anyone who needs a helping hand. Thanks for asking, muse.
Muse and Sew
I have tons of organizational pieces in my sewing room. The closet is full of drawers in cubby holes and shelving to be able to put things away where they are easily found again. Under my quilting table there are plastic storage units that are pull out drawers to store swap blocks, ready to be quilted tops with their backings and items I use for the quilting table. My sewing desk is also my cutting table. It is perfect being an L shape. In the corner I have placed two tall plastic storage units that holds drawers of mostly threads with some tools. Above my sewing desk there is cabinetry like you would see in a kitchen but white melamine to hold fabric and kits. I store my fabrics by season and by color. So finding a certain fabric is pretty easy.
I suppose I would say, get some functional storage pieces to be able to organize with and you will be surprised how fast things can be put away. Always put them in the same place and do your cleaning in the early morning so you can enjoy it the rest of the day.
I hope that helps anyone who needs a helping hand. Thanks for asking, muse.
08-12-2017, 06:11 PM
#190
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Helena, Alabama
Posts: 735
My goodness everyone is just rolling along - wonderful ideas/blocks!!! I've enjoyed popping in and checking out what's posted, and then being inspired to work on my blocks.
Well, I just finished my first set and hope to post a picture tomorrow. So far I haven't seen another set like it (yet) -. . . hummmm . . . have I piqued your interest????? HINT: it's appliqued (a might tedious to do - maybe I'm just "slow at appliqueing"??!! and there are 3 items on each block "falling".
Well, I just finished my first set and hope to post a picture tomorrow. So far I haven't seen another set like it (yet) -. . . hummmm . . . have I piqued your interest????? HINT: it's appliqued (a might tedious to do - maybe I'm just "slow at appliqueing"??!! and there are 3 items on each block "falling".
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