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Showing posts with label spider web. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spider web. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Busy Stuff.....

I have been so busy the last week....finishing up samples for classes....working on my hexagon....thinking about shapes and quilts....digging into my roots.....whew!

 

One of the classes I will be teaching this fall is a freezer paper piecing class....it will be a very easy introductory class....


this little carrot placemat should be an fun way to get your feet wet with paper piecing... 

  
Then over the weekend I spent Sunday visiting my mom.  Molly and Kyle {Molly's guy} went with me and we took grandma to the local museum....out to dinner....and we visited a couple of cemeteries.  It is good for Molly to remember her heritage...


yep...she takes it very seriously :)

Yesterday and today I have been planning a quilt I have been wanting to do for some time...
a spiderweb quilt.  I have seen many fantastic examples on Flickr and there are a couple spiderweb quilts in MO 2.  But some time ago I had ordered the kite ruler from Marti Michell...

    
So I think I will end up with a 17" block....


Sure doesn't look like much now, but I think it will be a sweet...quick quilt.  My plan is to use some of the Flower Sugar fabrics in the kite sections of the block...


Hope you are having a productive Tuesday! 
mary ;)

Friday, March 25, 2011

Liberated Spider Webs....

I played around with more spider webs today....I actually "liberated" some spidey webs :)
Again, I began with some strips of fabric...this time of various widths.  I needed to sew a piece of fabric at least 5.5 inches wide...this time I am making a 10 inch block so that block corresponds with the 5.5 inch mark on my ruler....


I am using the 45 degree edge on the ruler so I need 8 wedges to make a complete block...


You could certainly make your own template...geometry is not my best subject so I will leave that up to you :)
Again, I pieced the wedges in pairs and then in halves and pieced the halves together....


If you stop just short of the center when sewing all the wedges, your block will be flat in the center and you will get the swirl :)


I love the more "liberated" look....


I pieced a couple this morning to see how I liked it...


What fun!!!  I love it!!!
Hope you are having a great Friday...TGIF!!!
mary