It has been 3 years since I have used this blog. I wanted to show the progression of a new baby quilt I am making using a Slice and Dice method I got from a little worksheet from Linda V. It is really an interesting technique and I am learning al ot along the way.
This is the beautiful Slipper Rose Fat Quarter set from Fat Quarter Shop in 3 colorways: Ruby Slippers (Pinks), Glass Slippers (blues) and Dress Slippers (greens). I am certain my mother had one of these as her childhood wallpaper in the 1950's.
I am not sure if you can click on this to see it better, but this is the set of instructions from Linda. Basically, I am stacking up 12 Fat Quarters, shoring them up and making 3 slices along the long side and 2 slices along the short side.
This process gave me 12 stacks of 12 pieces of fabric. Then I had to shuffle based on the "recipe" above to ensure 1 piece of the 12 different patterns were representing in each block.
After shuffling, I sewed together 4 pieces to create a row for the block then sewed the 3 rows together to create the blocks. Here is what I learned. I should have mixed up the colors of the fat quarters before I cut them. You can see all the blues, pinks and greens are together following each other. Now that I made the cuts I cannot figure how to mix without creating a big mess resulting in 2 of the same fabrics touching. I also wish that the stripes were not all going the same direction. Although I love the fabric, the value is very much the same. I tried to add a solid dark pink to the mix but pulled it out because it stuck out like a soar thumb. I am trimming and ironing as I go. And it is going pretty fast. I cannot wait to work on the 11 other blocks. This was a good utilization of the full fat quarter block, and I like it much better than turning 21. I plan to add some decorative stitching in the quilting in blue, pink and green to mimic a traditional crazy quilt.
Stacie's theme for the baby (a girl) is Shabby Chic. I thought the quilt looked so nice with the shower invitation. I am hoping (assuming I actually finish the quilt!) to display the quilt on an old wooden ladder I have that I paint in baby blue chalk paint.
This is a snap shot of the red and white quilt I had to take off the design board to work on the baby quilt. See the border I am adding thanks to ideas from my bee and inspiration from Carole S.
Friday, May 16, 2014
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