Now the traditional English paper construction look very neat, but it would take forever. The next technique of sewing hexagons together by machine and doing fiddly corners didn't appeal to me either. So instead I chose a simple method of sewing strips together and making each hexagon into two halves. Worked really well! A lot of arranging and putting away into piles was necessary to make it as I don't have a permanent spot of floor to assemble quilts, but managed to make it work without too much confusion.
What can I make with this piece though? It's not big enough to be a quilt at about 112cm long and 85cm wide. I was thinking a skirt, but think that'll be too bright and colourful even for me! Any ideas? It would be nice to make it into a garment...
Next project, just finished on Saturday, a woollen dress for me made with my favourite little triangle decorations on the neckline and also on the bottom hem. This fabric was only a scrap really, cost me hardly anything but has a beautiful drape and sheen to it. I'll get better shots of this when the weather warms up enough to wear it - spring is temporarily gone and harsh winter chill is back again! Thought my dress form could do with a bit of decoration, bells from Thailand and a Eiffel tower from France. Bit of a relief to work on something that isn't costume related, as they are all one colour really.
Above is a picture of the lovely cardigan my mum made me :) Pattern is Amelia from Knitty.com some years back. The panels of twisted ribs on the front, side and back create a great fit, and make it really comfortable. Yarn is some Bendigo Woollen Mill yarn that I bought myself with plans to make a jumper but that never happened. One day when I have more patience and perhaps larger quantities of yarn I'll have another go at knitting garments... So thanks mum for making this for me, she did a great job!
That's all I have to report on my projects at the moment, but I'll leave you with a picture of a sweet duck we met at the botanical gardens. She was missing a foot sadly and didn't try to compete with the other ducks over the food you're allowed to feed them, but she had a companion and we gave her some food to nibble on :) Very tame duck this one, just sat at our feet and stared at us with big brown eyes patiently asking for some food. Lovely creatures ducks. It would be great to own some one day...
- Plying, dyeing and knitting up some boucle wool, circa 1950's?
- Macbeth costumes
- Gran's bed cover
- Lava flow cowl
- Blue woollen dress with triangle neckline
- Alpaca fanned lace scarf
- Oscar's birthday present
- Dad's gong covers
- Shop items!
- Re-size some jeans and make new clothes...
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