Luckily Sharon chose and easier block for this month.
Confession time....
...remember that little foundation piecing project I mentioned in my last post???
Well, I chickened out! Lol Foundation piecing just does my head in with all the flipping of fabric and making sure you have all the pieces and seams covered! I did make a practice piece with scrap fabric. It turned out veeerrry wonky, and the fabric I wasted!!! Oh my!! Must be the (very watered down) Scot in me! Lol
So, I hand pieced it!!
My flamingo is still missing an eye and I did have to do some unsewing because I made him late at night! He is around 3 inches by 4 inches.
A little gift stitching too.
Pattern and instructions for the tea cosy on the Liberty Craft blog here.
I love your flamingo! I don't do paper piecing either but I'd love to learn. :0)
ReplyDeleteI'll back you up on the hand piecing....foundation doesn't work for me either!
ReplyDeleteNice fabric in block 16.
ReplyDeleteI find paper piecing a little confusing but easier for me than hand piecing.
Nice fabric in block 16.
ReplyDeleteI find paper piecing a little confusing but easier for me than hand piecing.
Lovely block as usual - the fabric is a wonderful red! and I love that wild tea cosy - thanks for the link. I'm always looking for good gift tutorials.
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Sweet CCCQ block, that looks like the same lovely fabric that Wanda used in her swap block to me. I have done foundation piecing and it does require some mind bending back-to-front kind of thinking. Never even thought of hand piecing - you've achieved a great result!
ReplyDeleteAha! Now I know why I hate to waste fabric -- I can't believe I didn't make that Scot connection before LOL!
ReplyDeleteYour new block looks great!
Sweet projects.
ReplyDeleteI have grown to enjoy paper piecing.
Hope the eye turns up soon :-)
Well, your flamingo came out adorably! Foundation piecing can be very wasteful, depending on the pattern. I used to do a lot of it, but kept a basket of scraps to pull from, so it wasn't so bad. Love the tea cozy. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to a wonderful New Year!!
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