Since baby boy arrived in February I've had to snatch crafting time here and there, which is as it should be :-), but my blogging has been rather sporadic as a consequence. Over the weekend I was inspired by a post on the rossie blog highlighting 'the process pledge'. In a nutshell this is an appeal to all the bloggers out there to post about the process of their projects - creative and practical, the highs and lows, finished and unfinished objects! In the past I've been very guilty of posting a picture of a finished project but with little information about how it got there. The process pledge is quite liberating for me as I have many, many projects on the go at once that I could be sharing as progress is made rather than waiting for the completed article! So here goes - a new blogging plan of attack!
Do you remember the lovely Deb Strain fabric in the previous post? It was purchased to complete a project started last summer (ooops) based on the 'snippets' quilt I made previously. It had been left so long I couldn't remember what went where due to poor or non existent labelling! There was nothing to be done but start from scratch but this time using a differet pattern.
Firstly I sewed 3 charm squares together - the charms are all from the Moda 'Freebird' range by MoMo - love MoMo fabrics! After reading Elizabeth Hartmann (of Oh Fransson fame)'s book 'The Practical Guide to Patchwork', I decided to change the habit of a quilting lifetime (not long!) and press my seams OPEN! I have to say I found piecing for the next step of the quilt much easier with the seams open - I joined three strips of 3 charms to form a 9 patch square:
(Sorry about the picture quality - it was dusk and my hand was shaking!)
My hope is today to cut the 9 patch blocks up to start making a disappearing 9-patch quilt top over the next couple of days!
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