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It’s Wednesday already! I’m spending less time on the computer and more time at the sewing machine. I have a quilt top ready to load on the long arm, but it will have to wait. I hate to put it in the UFO basket because the quilts there tend to languish for a long while. One has been in there for years. Oh, I like that little quilt. The problem with this one is that I can’t decide on a backing. I have the fabric for it, but that fabric is too cute for the back of a quilt. So, I do nothing.
But that problem is for another day. Today’s problem is a different dilemma altogether. I created several components for the Houston show. I keep debating whether to make them into a top and finish it or leave the pieces separate so students can look at examples of my work as they need to. Part of me is excited about the quilt. It’s going to become a favorite. I’m loving the colors–though the red and purple are fighting for dominance. Know what? They will have to duke it out, I’m not getting in the middle of that!
So you see, these are for the Houston class on the 10th, Tuesday. I have more components but wanted to take a moment to show you some of the work that we’ll be doing. I’m hoping that after the show, I’ll be able to create an online class. I can see that it’s going to be bigger than any of my other classes, so I need to think about how to work that out. If you have ideas, please leave them in the comments. I am in brainstorming mode and open to suggestions. Have you taken classes before that were long? If so, how did the teacher handle the bulk of the lesson?
Anyway, these two photos (one above, one below) show back of some of the blocks. Part of the lesson is what to do after you make the cut and sew the curve: clipping, pressing, trimming, etc. The photo just above shows how I press to the inside for some purposes and to the outside for other reasons. Pressing is more important while sewing curve blocks than at any other time except, maybe, where six or eight points meet.
Do you see the fight between the red and purple? Which do you think will win and get the most coverage? I’m a big proponent of the 60-40-10 rule. So, one of them has to become the quiet 40%.
