Of Quiet Stars Post Two

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.


::sigh::

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?

Anonymous

2 comments:

  1. 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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  2. :) Thanks for stopping by Ann!

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