Some time last year I attended a workshop with Brenda Gael Smith (Serendipity Patchwork), a well known and award winning quilt artist. The class was on template free cutting and sewing.
I was slightly nervous about this template free cutting thing - I like to be precise in what I am working on. Brenda gave out her instructions with a practice pattern and material to go with it. As I wasn't using my own material I thought - give it a go - no harm lost, no material wasted....
When we were finished with our practice blocks Brenda put them all up on a design wall - and guess what - they looked fabulous. Everyone had slightly different material and we all cut our blocks differently yet they looked great when put together.
After a cuppa and some morning tea it was down to work. We cut and cut and then worked with our background blocks and started to arrange our circles. I only had time to complete (but not sew down) about 6 blocks. This last couple of days while sitting with my foot elevated as something nasty bit me (and if I catch it, I will kill it!!!!) and because of the infection it left me with; I decided to get my circles/rings out and work on some more.
I could cut sitting down and also had my iron next to me, so was able to iron everything down. On the right is a temporary display on my design wall of my 'rings'.
Decided to call them rings as they are not quite circles...if you know what I mean. Now to get them sewn down before they fall off.
Check out Brenda's work by following the link above or the one here.
I was slightly nervous about this template free cutting thing - I like to be precise in what I am working on. Brenda gave out her instructions with a practice pattern and material to go with it. As I wasn't using my own material I thought - give it a go - no harm lost, no material wasted....
When we were finished with our practice blocks Brenda put them all up on a design wall - and guess what - they looked fabulous. Everyone had slightly different material and we all cut our blocks differently yet they looked great when put together.After a cuppa and some morning tea it was down to work. We cut and cut and then worked with our background blocks and started to arrange our circles. I only had time to complete (but not sew down) about 6 blocks. This last couple of days while sitting with my foot elevated as something nasty bit me (and if I catch it, I will kill it!!!!) and because of the infection it left me with; I decided to get my circles/rings out and work on some more.
I could cut sitting down and also had my iron next to me, so was able to iron everything down. On the right is a temporary display on my design wall of my 'rings'.
Decided to call them rings as they are not quite circles...if you know what I mean. Now to get them sewn down before they fall off.
Check out Brenda's work by following the link above or the one here.
3 comments:
It is looking interesting, Joy. Our room at Winter School is going to be colourful!
Love your colours Joy, all 3 quilts will look totally different at Winter School. Brighten up our room.
What a clever technique Brenda used to get you all on board with her process. Love your rings.
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