In amongst my adventures with my new toys, I managed to do some work on "Of Quiet Stars">
These are the other two blocks in this four block quilt . They look eerily simliar to the ones from last week, don't they? lol That's what happens when you make a monochromatic quilt!
The one on the left is taffetta silk and silk charmeuse; and the other block is of course the reverse of it. And it isn't puckery the way it looks in the photo. *ahem!*
This is a reminder of the silk shantung block from last week
Someone asked me last week whether or not I was piecing the blocks. I'm not - I found the process too fussy. Of course, the way I chose to do it was rather fussy too. I had to mount the fabric on fusible interfacing
and then cut them into strips.
I have to make 36 blocks for a queen sized quilt, which means I only have another 16 to make.
Make that: 17.
However, I had a great weekend playing with all things dye. :)
I tea dyed some fabric with tea and cranberry juice; I dyed some other fabric with freezer burnt berry mush; tried my hand at some snow dying
(Okay, I know shorts and a tee is a somewhat odd outfit to be scooping snow in, but I have frequent hot flashes, so this is an ordinary "at home" outfit for me - no excuse for the unbrushed hair other than that I wasn't expecting to be photographed)
and also took my "procion MX starter kit for a spin.Super fun!
So how was your weekend?
I love the shorts and t-shirt! You brave girl wearing those in the winter. I have experienced several Canadian winters so I know how cold it can be. Mind you we have also had some similar weather here of late! I think your sample above are lovely. Thanks for following our new blog. Ann (One Step On)
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