Having said two days ago that I didn’t have a lot to show you I’ve remembered that I haven’t blogged this project!!! Where DID I leave BC3?
The group I go to on a Tuesday morning are doing another project to raffle at next year’s summer garden party. We’ve each taken one (or two!) squares of fabric and we’re each doing random ‘things’ on them to form a crazy quilt. When I say ‘crazy’ I really do mean ‘crazy’ as we can each do what we like!!! Here’s my first square.
What I did here was to cut strips of fabric and then turned under a small hem and machined it down. I then wove them and stitched round the edges attaching them to the base square we’d been given.
It was quite challenging to keep the strips in place at first but the more I wove the easier it got!!! Here’s the finished square. As you can see I added another challenge by NOT going from side to side (or top to bottom) and not even truly diagonally. Sometimes I think I’m really STOOOOOOPID!!!
That looks challenging! I love the colors woven together.
ReplyDeleteI tried this technique once and found it very challenging! Well done!!! ❤️
ReplyDeleteIt's a crazy square. What's crazier than being "off grain"?
ReplyDeleteNot " STOOOOOOPID" lol you have the unique ability to think out of the square and I for one love it!
ReplyDeleteIt looks terrific. That would probably be my favorite square in the whole quilt - creative and colorful!
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I would have cheated. Woven the strips then cut & sewed them to the backing square. I might have also use water soluble basting during the weaving.
ReplyDeleteLooks quite straight to me. Relatively speaking - close enough!
ReplyDeleteLove this Jane!
Love it Jane! I've often thought of doing something like this, but the closest I've gotten is small Bargello quilts.
ReplyDeleteNot stoooopid, side to side would have been boooooring.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great!! :)
ReplyDeleteWell, Sewicked, I’ve never been known to make life easier for myself!!! I’ve not got any water soluble basting and, actually, have never heard of it before!!!! Off to ask Mr Google about it and thanks for the tip too!!!
ReplyDeleteIf we made life easier, it would be booooorrrrriiiinnngggg! I like your creative way of mixing things up!!
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