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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.
Showing posts with label New Improv project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Improv project. Show all posts

Friday, August 23, 2019

CUTTING EDGE et al

I have spent 1 hour + cutting this morning --
before the fibers got to me ! I did take an allergy pill, too.. but those ripped
lengths I used before the accurate die cutting got to me..

              Above are the strips using the solids I have on hand...

   AND using some of the remainders, I cut these↓↓↓                                          
I love my little 1 and 1/2" Accuquilt die.; 
it cuts a block of 9 squares with one pass...
there is no way I could do all these using my rotary cutter 
OR, for that matter, my scissors--at least not in what's left of my
lifetime hahaha...

AND
Here are the 3" squares also I die cut --all in the semi low volume range:
            I will most likely need some more, but this is
                   enough to get started on my
                               semi-low volume piece...
                                    my next project ,,,, 
                                                     some batiks
                                                             and some not:)))

This idea is still kind of percolating..
no pattern-- just some pix I saw 
on blogs and the internet and my new book 
"Unconventional and Unexpected" (or is it the other way around? 
anyway THAT one...)

I won't be able to judge what colors for those strips and squares until
I start putting this together...
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BUT (isn't there always a but??)

I need to sew these into blocks first: I am done using up all but two little
leftover batik triangles--phew--pretty good, I think ;)))💖💖 
Eight-One little snowballs..
And, I loved making them, every one...




I am still pondering how to set them....
keep them as is 
or play that switch and shuffle game?? 

They are pinned up there just as I finished them at the
moment........
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And this poor pineapple is languishing,,,,,,,,,,,kept warm by the
legos on one side and the snowballs on t'other...


                Until I decide on some kind of border or borders or 
                     even use it as a center in a a bigger medallion piece? 
A la Gwen Marston....hmmmmm

It looks all squished-in there doesn't it?  Poor baby.....;000 lol

And that plus the 3 finished legos rows comprise my design wall
this rainy Friday...

I have some thinking to do and some playing....

Hugs, Julierose La Blageuse (asking-euse)