Last week I joined the Perth Modern Quilting Guild. I attended my first meeting and what a lovely group of ladies. I was made to feel very welcome and loved having a bunch of like minded people to discuss everything quilty with. (My lovely bloke and kids try hard...but about 5 minutes is all they can take!)
One of the things of offer was a lesson in paper piecing by the very talented Serena of Sew Giving. I've wanted to try paper piecing ever since I bought 'Patchwork Please' by Ayumi Takahashi inspired by Lindy's work here, but I couldn't understand the instructions so this lesson was exactly what I needed.
In the class, Serena showed us how to make a simple butterfly
Over the long weekend we have this weekend, to celebrate Australia Day, I wanted to practise my new skills before they fell out of my brain!
So, perhaps a little ambitiously, I decided on the pincushion. It was too good an opportunity to use some wee pieces of some of my favorite fabrics!
All went well until in my enthusiasm I overlooked that when trimming up the blocks I needed to add a 1/4 inch seam allowance! Oops!
Just as well I had more of both fabrics I had featured! The blue rose is from a dress my mother made me for my 10th birthday. It was full length and I felt like a Princess! Although I only wore it once that I can recall I couldn't bear to part with it, so it is slowly being recycled into a number of quilting projects!
After I'd repaired my mistake the rest of the project went together smoothly, although I was very grateful for the lesson I'd had.
I love this small strip of Liberty on one side, and I used a selvedge I have been hoarding for ages on one of the other sides from designer Anna Griffin......it took a bit of nifty work to catch just the edge of the selvedge in the seam!
All in all I am very pleased with my efforts - looks just like the one in the picture! Finished off with a beautiful vintage button.
I'm torn between trying the envelopes of the books covers next!
Linking up with Sew the Library at Fabric Mutt.
So glad you have a lovely group of quilty people over there. They just understand.
ReplyDeleteLove the pincushion, I've always been envious of the girl in the blue scarf fabric.
this is an adorable pincushion - I have made one just like it before! And I am jealous you got to meet Serena!
ReplyDeleteYay! You did an awesome job! Love the fussy cut fabrics in the pin cushion. I just received that book for my birthday and have the pin cushion on my hit list :)
ReplyDeleteAnna, this is darling!! I have yet to make this pincushion, and I really need to try it. I've done the books and envelope patterns -- lots of fun. You'll love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is just adorable! Perfect fussy cutting too!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute. You picked some great fabrics to feature! So great!
ReplyDeleteYou have inspired me. I love pincushions and I would love to do one using selvedge pieces. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThe envelopes are easy, and so much fun for fussy cuts too.
ReplyDeleteThe envelopes are easy, and so much fun for fussy cuts too.
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