A New Project
No, the first one isn’t finished, but I like variety, changing things up, doing more than one thing at once.
I’m really excited about this one, because I found some positively fantastic fabrics for it. My favorite, a gorgeous light green stripe, is proving to be the most difficult to work with, though, as the stripes certainly point out when a cut has gone awry.
One of the fabrics, a green paisley, is definitely something I had to stop twice (ok, four times) and think about. It’s something I winced at on first glance, but then remembered to think small/large.
Yikes
I can’t imagine much square footage of that mess, but tiny bits of it, perhaps.
I’m planning to do a four-patch design… or maybe a nine-patch. I have six fabrics I intended for it, but have to figure out how to arrange them. I can’t seem to find a “six-patch” pattern, which seems odd, but I’m sure there’s perfectly sound reasoning behind it.
Next Batch
It’s hard to envision what sorts of patterns I can create with lots of smaller patches, so I’m employing The Googles. So many possibilities…
Possibilities
The other Erin says:
Ohh, purty. You know what you’re doing right? you’re making me drool here and pretty soon I’m gonna wanna start quilting too.
Erin says:
Bahahahaha!!! My grand scheme, it is working!
Erin says:
The funny thing is, I could see us having the most foul-mouthed quilting bees EVAR.
Erin says:
I showed Mike your comment, and he laughed and said, “that would be more surly than a couple of guys playing cards.”
Also, I’ll stop commenting on my own post now.
The other Erin says:
I think I already found the sewing machine I want, too..
http://www.overstock.com/Crafts-Sewing/Brother-CE5000-Project-Runway-Edition-Sewing-Machine-Refurbished/3276362/product.html?recommendation_id=cbf6e7b6-3097-419e-87ec-90d3893075d8.1
Erin says:
Oh, nice! Looks fabulous. If it doesn’t come with a 1/4″ foot, grab one of those, too – makes this whole “seam allowance” thing easier. Do you already know how to sew?
The other Erin says:
It looks like I can buy a 1/4″ foot separately from a sewing shop that will work.
I took a semester of sewing in 8th grade.. *gulp* 17 years ago. I did pretty well if I recall correctly, I still have one project I made which was a duffel bag made out of a dark purple printed corduroy.
Erin says:
We’re in the same boat. But you’re in luck! I can already show you how to do tons of stuff, like cut fabric into the wrong sizes and sew really, really crooked seams.