These are the first four that look at using paper piecing.
There are some pretty blocks there, aren't there?
And I'm really enjoying all the blues together!
Still having lots of fun with these!
These are the first four that look at using paper piecing.
And I'm really enjoying all the blues together!
Still having lots of fun with these!
Approximately 63" square, from a free pattern called Layer Cake Custard Quilt Pattern - available here from FatQuarterShop.
I adjusted the pattern slightly - their version is 63" x 88" - but it was a very straightforward pattern to make, and has made me take a long hard look at my (now depleted!) stash of blues!
Here's one of them.
These were the next three blocks that I made.
Now I've got a spare block, but also, from photographing them like this, an idea of how a full quilt of these blocks would look, which might well be something that I come back to!
As I said, very relaxing!
When I'd been working through my stash of blue fabrics, finding which one's I could cut out a 10" square from, I ended up with this (rather untidy) pile of fabrics. Almost all had started life as Fat Quarters, most had parts missing already.
Rather than put them back into the FQ stack, I decided that it was time to cut them into my 'scrap storage' sizes, ready to use.
So, that's what I'm planning to do!
I still have the quilt to make that I was originally cutting 10" squares for, of course, but also I run this project alongside it, and later decide whether it remains an 'as and when' project that's easy to pick up and put down, or whether it gets some dedicated time.
I'm so pleased that I thought of doing this before either putting the fabrics away or cutting them up any further!
Here are the first three blocks - they start simple, and I'm expecting them to get slightly more complex.