Category Archives: Patchwork Projects

Ouch! Pesky pins

Celtic Fabrics

Celtic Fabrics

Our little group of wonderful patchwork buddies, ‘Pascoe Patchers’, met at our local shop ‘Patchworks Unlimited’ to do a class making a Celtic table runner by Zoe Clifton. All was very quiet with concentration – and an occasional exclamation of ‘ouch’ – as appliqué pins made cartwheel patterns!

Cartwheeling applique pins!

Cartwheeling applique pins!

The background colour is actually green – the lighting at home changes according to how much sunlight comes throughout the diffused roof panels in DH’s shed – slowly being taken over to become ‘my studio’ – but that’s another story!

Bias is now sewn down.

Bias is now sewn down.

After stitching, this photo was taken on an overcast day, so the colour looks washed out. Same camera, same setting, so annoying!

Next step is to do the quilting. I’m going to use Wondefil Spaghetti 12wt thread, just waiting for it to arrive at my local shop.

Patchwork of the Crosses

Patchwork of the Crosses: Block 1

Patchwork of the Crosses: Block 1

Here is my board about Lucy Boston’s patchwork pattern, ‘Patchwork of the Crosses’. One of my current patchwork projects is making this block the non-traditional way, instead of EPP (English Paper Piecing) I’m using acrylic templates. I like the design stage of swapping the patches in the block to make so many different variations. The sewing is the easy part.