Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday.
Last week for week one of the March stitch along we dove into our scrap bins and came out with some fabric – not hard to do when it is overflowing with fabric.
I had 3 different sets and decided to use both of the colourful ones rather than the plain cream.
The rules for this week can be found on Ruth’s blog – March Week 2 Rules. So the rules say to sew the pieces together.
Since all of my fabrics were in larger pieces I just started sewing and trimming as I went until I ended up with two pieces the size needed. One piece was to be approximately 10 x 10 inches and the other 10 x 14 inches.
I also wanted the process to go quickly and be able to see the larger prints in the fabrics and keeping the pieces larger accomplished both.
Blue/Maroon Fabrics
Step 1 – the first two scraps
First seam sewn
Step 2 – adding in a curved piece
Second seam sewn which is curved
Step 3 – eliminating the curved piece, too many puckers
Third seam sewn and curve removed
Step 4 – creating another section
Second section made from a trimmed piece
Step 5 – combining the two sections
The two sections sewn together
Step 6 – piece trimmed with square edges
Trimmed to a size of 10 x 13 inches
Orange/Turquoise Fabrics
Step 1 – the first two scraps
First two pieces sewn together
Step 2 – adding on the diagonal
Adding piece number three
Step 3 – the light piece on top
Light piece positioned on top
Step 4 – another diagonal piece
Adding one of the pieces previously trimmed off
Step 5 – piece trimmed with square edges
Trimmed to 10 x 14 inches
This was a lot of fun to create with no perfectly cut pieces – a bit of freedom to do what you want with no rules.
It will be interesting to see what Ruth has us do next week.
Happy Quilting!
