Our quilt guild recently hosted a 2-day zoom class with Cindy Grisdela on improv curved piecing. Even though I've done a lot of this before, I always jump at the chance to take classes and see what I can learn from either the teacher or from the other students. This was no exception.
I made 9 blocks that were about 15" square. I used a combination of several different hand dyed fabrics and a few commercial prints. One of the zingers that I added was a black and white stripe cut very thin. Here are the 9 blocks that were completed during the class.
- The orange backgrounds were too bright
- I thought that it needed more movement, and continuity
- It could be bigger
I cut out a few small circles from Ricky Tims poly stable stuff and pinned them up. That looked really good to me.
It started to look better. Then I made a decision about the backgrounds on the two bottom blocks and thought about making 3 more blocks to get a little more movement on the bottom left. What I ended up with were just the nine blocks that were 15-3/4" to 14-1/2" square. I decided to square them all up to 14-1/2" and started covering the circles with fabric. Here is what that all ended up looking like.
I decided that this piece was done and that I didn't need to keep making it bigger. (Mostly because I have two other garden ladies all ready to start and I'd rather work on those for now.) So, I stitched down all the little circles and called it complete.
I hope you like the way the top turned out.
I love the way it turned it!!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
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