And 100 more to go. Well not quite, but sure feels like it. This Paddle Wheel pattern from All People Quilt was used in a class for paperless paper piecing. Because I didn't follow instructions about there being a kit with the paper, I had copied the pattern onto a vellum type paper. Oh boy, there was no waxy side that you could iron the fabric to. Plus I wasn't going to pay for the kit. (rebel) So I used a fabric glue stick and it worked excellently. A dab is all that was needed either on the fabric or paper, then press. The fabric wasn't sticky when the paper came off. Whew, all is well.
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| Paddle Wheel |
Because I'm trying to finish these quilts to be used as large laps or twins, how do you make this table topper larger without a lot of piecing? Design in EQ8 of course. So yes, made twelve more triangle blocks added HSTs and solid squares, and voila, an abstract flower. The paperless paper piecing, which I love due to no ripping out paper, took about 6 hours but, the rest was very quick. (trick was to piece a section of the 6 blocks of the same fabric then press, then trim and piece another section, instead of each block separately)
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| abstract flower |
I especially like this image in negative format. Hmmm, will have to try it. Maybe change the three triangle block to a different pattern.
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| abstract flower negative |
p.s. the weather is a balmy 35+F or +5C. Shorts and t-shirt weather.
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