Category Archives: Foundation Blocks

My sewing machine woes continues – it appears I’m the only person in the world with this problem. Luckily it’s still under warranty. I’m waiting for the people at Janome to do some testing to determine (I think) if the upgrade is a bit dodgy.

So I’ve been think about some of my unfinished projects – like this one. As it was very time consuming to piece this block, I decided to make each of the strips wider.

Some of the stitching lines are showing – maybe I could use ‘rinse away’ thread because they’re just placement lines. Also I really need to press as I go, but this was just a quick one to get an idea of the design.

As it was a busy day today, not much work happened. I worked on my third version of the log cabin block.

I’ve swapped the red fabric and the green floral. At this stage this is the one I’m going to use.

I also started a little hand bag for my eldest daughter. I made one for my youngest daughter out of embroidery trials and of course what you do for one you have to do for the other one. She chose a water melon design from Bunnycup Embroidery . I’d post a picture, but the one on the website is much nicer than mine. For starters, I didn’t do it as an applique just embroidery on calico and it looks a bit bland.  Now I just need to make it into a little bag.

I’ve started working on the log cabin blocks using my new fabric. Once again I’m foundation piecing. I know it can be easily done cutting strips with a rotary cutter, but my cutting skills are appalling and this way I can get accurate blocks. I apologise in advance for the photos – it was night time and I had had a glass of wine!

I was disappointed that the stitching was visible in the centre square and I wanted to make more use of the floral fabric (with the light background), so I redesigned my pattern and swapped the floral for the plain tan fabric.

I’m happier with this, but there is still some stitching showing. I’m also thinking about swapping the red fabric (my favourite) with the green floral. Any opinions?

Not much craft has happened around here lately. I’ve managed to sew some of my snail trail blocks into a bigger block.

 

 This block is 26 cm by 26 cm. I’m comtemplating making a small wall hanging or dolls quilt from similar blocks.

My other idea is to make a series of individual blocks - snail’s trail, log cabin, etc
and frame them individually.

Now if only I could get some time!

I’ve been working on foundation piece quilting. I’m trying to make a Snail’s Trail quilt for my daughter’s bed.

This was my first attempt, but it required sewing in two halves and then joining together. I decided I needed an easier version. I decided to start with a centre square (rather than the four small sqaures).

I’m much  happier with this second  version and given  that  I have  to  make  120  of them  this is probably good. Now if I can only manage to cut the pieces the right size everytime, there might be a slim chance that this quilt gets finished.