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a quick january finish; was really apprehensive cutting and sewing these large curves (first time). however, found a great course on Craftsy.com (Playing with Curves, with Ann Petersen), and followed her useful instructions. created the pattern on my own, but missed in the measurement and ended with a fold on each block. zig zagged stitched over it to hide them...! really happy with the results. binding it in pink/peach gives it just this extra punch I think.
machine pieced and machine quilted. cotton batting. approximately 40x40.
Block 23 of the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler.
Tutorial and template drafting instructions found here:
About 10 years ago I bought the book Strips 'n Curves by Louisa Smith. I figured it was about time I tried her technique of strip piecing. I'm having a lot of fun with it so far, except for the fact that there are strips everywhere in my room. The other night my dog walked out of the room with a blue strip on his back! Once I've cut 20 or so more strip pieced blocks I can play with the blocks a bit more and decide on borders, etc. I'm blogging my progress cwquilts.blogspot.com as a way to motivate myself to finish my projects!
Finished! Made as part of the recent drunkard's path quiltalong, though with my own setting using plain squares in addition to the pieced blocks.
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The fabric had almost-circles on it - so I carefully cut around them to be able to make a drunkards path variation. You can see bits of the leftover circles in the middle border. The color scheme ended up being way too 80s, so I donated it to the guild's charity pile.
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The pillow which won me Electra Cruiser in Riley Blake Design challange. Thought that I posted the photo long time ago... seems I didn't.
I thought I would give circle blocks a try to see if I could master them. This is my first attempt at Drunkard's path...I am so excited with how well they turned out...and how easy it was! I used this fabulous video by flickr member shecanquilt that shows you how to sew this block without having to pin the two curved shapes together:
www.shecanquilt.blogspot.com/2011/12/sewing-curves-is-not...
ps...this is just scrap fabric left over from a quilt I made my son...maybe a matching pillow can be made with a few circles :o)
Finally finished!!
55" x 68"
Hand pieced (using Inklingo to print out the DP pieces and my usual freezer paper templates for the block borders, sashing and cornerstones), machine quilted using Aurifil 50wt in grey (2610) on top and aqua (5006) in the bobbin.
I used two City Weekend charm packs to make the DP units, Kona Medium Grey for the block borders, a turquoise TOT stripe for the sashing, Spot On Wide in aqua for the back and a print from City Weekend for the binding.
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Check out my mini and the free tutorial:
www.sewsweetness.com/2012/02/tutorial-planetary-mini-quil...
Another pillow cover for my collection, Drunkard's Path made with Briar Rose by Heather Ross.
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Pillow Stats:
Finished pillow is 14" x 14"
Fabrics: Briar Rose by Heather Ross. Binding Wee WoodLand by Keiki.
Batting: Quilter's Dream Orient Bamboo.
Thread: 50 wt. Aurifil in Natural White (2021).
Finished! Made as part of the recent drunkard's path quiltalong, though with my own setting using plain squares in addition to the pieced blocks.
More here: wp.me/pVHsi-ei
So,when you actually follow some directions, it's not so bad. I would have to say that, once I got the knack for pinning the pieces like a crazy person before sewing, it actually was pretty easy. I might like this method for making circles best, but probably not the best for when you want the "whole circle" look.
2012 Panguitch Quilt Walk - Kami and Amy's mini DP quilts using 3-1/2" AccuQuilt dies and charm packs
Check out my mini and the free tutorial:
www.sewsweetness.com/2012/02/tutorial-planetary-mini-quil...
Drunkard's Path quilt along: block arrangement ideas. Help me decide! Which do you like best?
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