Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Piece work Anyone ?

Work in progress inspired by this blog entry click here by Kath



It reminded me of a school friend working on a similar project while we were at school (long ago now!) and I'd never tried it myself and as I fancied a project that I could work on in small bites, that would stand interruptions and wouldn't tax my woolly brain ...this has proved to be lovely.
THANKS KATH!



I used scrap paper and a ruler to make some equilateral triangles found some cotton and a needle and some scraps and I was off. Took a few minutes puzzling to get the corner fold but then that was fine .



It's great fun and it's growing....



What's it going to end up as ?




Not sure yet!

6 comments:

  1. That looks exactly like the first piece of patchwork I tried. Watch out, it is very addictive and you'll find yourself looking at your daughters' dresses with a glint in your eye!

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  2. Lol
    Husband's shirts too do you think?

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  3. Yes, Val, shirts, tablecloths, sheets - anything that moves!

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  4. I have something very similar that I do odd bits of then go back to at intervals. It'll get finished one day!!

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  5. Beautiful, Val. I just saw Jane Campion's Bright Star again, and it definitely made me want to take up some hand sewing.

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  6. Whatever it turns out to be, it will be a stunner!

    All I ever made was quilted bedspreads for doll beds for my children.

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from an old gravestone

If you hold your nose to the Grindstone
and you leave it there long enough,
Then soon you'll say
there's no such things
as brooks that babble
and birds that sing,
these three will all your world compose,
just you, the stone and your poor old nose.

(from memory so may not be word perfect)