Am I crazy to be thinking about Christmas ornaments in
January? Considering how this project is progressing, I might be.
This past year I worked on a block of the month club with
Amy Gibson and one of our blocks was paper pieced. That’s not English paper
pieced which is a whole different thing resulting in the hex quilt I was
talking about earlier this week.
For paper piecing, you start out with a square of paper that
might look something like this
Following the instructions, fabric is sewn directly onto the
paper using the lines to indicate where seams go. Four of these pieces are then
sewn together ending up with something that might look like this.
At least that’s what my twelve inch finished block looked
like for the quilt.
All good so far. The problem started when I decided to take
the designs I had come up with for a tree,
a star,
and a bow,
and make them all three inches square.
The tree wasn't all that bad if you can ignore the sloppy
top stitching. But it took over two hours to sew one and I didn't think
repetition was going to knock off much time.
I didn’t even bother to finish the star. Granted I could
have managed the seams better, but with these designs and sizing, I’m always
going to be trying to manage too many tiny little seams that are on top of each
other.
No wonder I never liked making doll clothes.
So I’m going back to the drawing board. I think I might even
need to study up on paper piecing tips and tricks. I’m sure someone has solved
this problem before. Probably more than a few times.
I’ll keep you posted.
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