I spy
I spy with my little eye, something beginning with B
Today I took out my quilt-in-progress and realized I have to sew only one more block to finish the top!
Originally, this was going to be this Quilt (free BOM) from Claudias Quilt Shoppe, but somewhere in the middle of the process I started to sew blocks that were not planned ;)
The fabric is mostly from old shirts and scraps given to me by my friends and relatives, and I really love what it became. When I started with patchwork one year ago, everyone told me that it's best to use expensive, very, very expensive patchwork fabric only. Which I did for a short time, and then after reading many crafty blogs, I went back to use old cotton mens shirts. If they could do it, I can, too. Back to the roots and back to reusing old stuff!
What should I do now with my stash of expensive patchwork fabric? I guess I can combine it with the reused fabric, because that really adds great accents everywhere.
But one thing is still there: the myths (or are they the truth) about bad, bad things happening to those who do not use very expensive patchwork-fabric only: The fabric will fall apart, the fabric will bleed in the washing machine, the fabric will be very hard to handquilt, the fabric will transform into a zombie at midnight and eat you!
I read some articles on the history of quilting - very interesting!
There's another site with many articles on quilting history:
http://hartcottagequilts.com/
Today I took out my quilt-in-progress and realized I have to sew only one more block to finish the top!
Originally, this was going to be this Quilt (free BOM) from Claudias Quilt Shoppe, but somewhere in the middle of the process I started to sew blocks that were not planned ;)
The fabric is mostly from old shirts and scraps given to me by my friends and relatives, and I really love what it became. When I started with patchwork one year ago, everyone told me that it's best to use expensive, very, very expensive patchwork fabric only. Which I did for a short time, and then after reading many crafty blogs, I went back to use old cotton mens shirts. If they could do it, I can, too. Back to the roots and back to reusing old stuff!
What should I do now with my stash of expensive patchwork fabric? I guess I can combine it with the reused fabric, because that really adds great accents everywhere.
But one thing is still there: the myths (or are they the truth) about bad, bad things happening to those who do not use very expensive patchwork-fabric only: The fabric will fall apart, the fabric will bleed in the washing machine, the fabric will be very hard to handquilt, the fabric will transform into a zombie at midnight and eat you!
I read some articles on the history of quilting - very interesting!
There's another site with many articles on quilting history:
http://hartcottagequilts.com/
distelfliege - 28. Jul, 02:23
