Isn't it gorgeous? For inspiration, she used the painting Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh.
I'm glad I had a chance to do this solids challenge, it stretched my horizons in a whole new way. Soon as I finish the Kandinsky I'm doing with Yetunde I'll look for another project for solids; I love the process.
I haven't been doing much sewing or blog-hopping lately, my attention has been focused in other directions. But I have pieced some scraps to cut up for quilt blocks (it's called "made fabric").
On this one I started with the little leftover triangular section, added the B&W and pink pieces...
then I just kept adding pieces around it in a clockwise fashion...
there's no rhyme or reason for how its done; you can go clockwise, counter-clockwise, left-side right-side, it doesn't matter. Just keep adding pieces to make it bigger.
On this one I show how I added to an uneven edge: I took a straight piece and laid it on so that I had a straight sewing line...
Then I trimmed off the hang-overs and pressed...
Now I have a straight edge to attach more scraps to!
You can use odd shaped pieces of scraps, strips, what-have-you. You can also take two or more big pieces and sew them together to make ever bigger pieces. The object is to use up your scraps to make large sheets of fabric.
It's a really good recycling option, with the bonus of not having to think too hard about what you're doing. When you want to get your hands into some fabric but don't want to do anything specific, you can easily make fabric sheets!
Stay tuned for some blocks I pieced using my "made" fabric!
I haven't been doing much blog hopping either! But I wanted you to know, I saw the Matisse solids challenge quilt you did...it came out AMAZING. You are right...it did stretch you. It was both different from what you done before...but still you. Great work!
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