Friday, 6 October 2017

Cutting strips

I sorted some of my fabrics recently and put a lot of pieces into a box marked " for a quilt"- mainly smallish prints & solid colour pieces. This week I have finally got around to sorting the colours and giving the rotary cutter and cutting mat a thorough work out!
As much as I love knitting blankets and giving them as gifts, they do take several months to knit! Whereas I figure if I already have a heap of strips  cut out, I can sew up a simple baby quilt or cushion cover in less than a week. That is the plan anyway!

Strips cut so far & sorted by colour- all bright rainbow colours! 

Working on the layout- bright colours in the middle, with green strips on the sides, inspired by the " staggering strips baby quilt" from the book " Sewing in a straight line".

3 comments:

  1. Sounds like a great plan to me. Love the bright colours.
    I've been at the sewing machine this week. Must take some pics tops and dresses for Ms A and me.

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  2. Have not had a chance to get to the sewing machine all hols! Hoping I might get to do some actual sewing tomorrow!

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  3. Have not had a chance to get to the sewing machine all hols! Hoping I might get to do some actual sewing tomorrow!

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