It is now just over a year since I began this blog recording my tribute to the Sundial Coverlet at the Victoria and Albert Museum. I put it on hold this March, simply because I needed a rest from it and had other projects that needed my attention. Do any of you feel like this on a long project? Sometimes I simply run out of steam and need a break, however I do admire those who stick to one project and pursue it to the end.
Well now I have begun again - here is the centre of the quilt still floating freely -
and here it is being auditioned (on my sitting room floor) with surrounding border -
Do you ever have a fabric which you want to included in a quilt but no matter how you try it just won't go?
Well I regularly have this problem, this is my current "no it really doesn't work" fabric -
It's a piece of lovely G.P. & J Baker curtaining called "Parrot and Pineapple" and has the same delicate colouring but so far it keeps being rejected. Rather than cut into fabric I usually photocopy a section then cut out pieces and audition that -
It's a slow process and I envy anyone who has a design wall and doesn't have to use the floor with cats wandering around!
I also have another problem - my patterns, notes and some already worked bits are in one of these boxes which have been packed prior to having the tiled floor in my workroom restored -
This was done before I decided to return to the quilt. They are too heavy for me to explore so I am waiting for a willing pair of hands to appear!
Well now I have begun again - here is the centre of the quilt still floating freely -
and here it is being auditioned (on my sitting room floor) with surrounding border -
Do you ever have a fabric which you want to included in a quilt but no matter how you try it just won't go?
Well I regularly have this problem, this is my current "no it really doesn't work" fabric -
It's a piece of lovely G.P. & J Baker curtaining called "Parrot and Pineapple" and has the same delicate colouring but so far it keeps being rejected. Rather than cut into fabric I usually photocopy a section then cut out pieces and audition that -
It's a slow process and I envy anyone who has a design wall and doesn't have to use the floor with cats wandering around!
I also have another problem - my patterns, notes and some already worked bits are in one of these boxes which have been packed prior to having the tiled floor in my workroom restored -
This was done before I decided to return to the quilt. They are too heavy for me to explore so I am waiting for a willing pair of hands to appear!
1 comment:
I spread out on the floor too but have a husband rather than a cat who thinks nothing of standing in the middle of it all. It is all looking good to me Mary and I am sure you will find a use somewhere for that fabric. Glad you came back to it.
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