Hi and welcome. I hope that you're having a great weekend. I've been working on a few of my ongoing projects. Thanks for letting me share these with you. 😊
Making HSTs (half-square triangles)
This week's clue for the Mystery Quilt was to create HST. Amazingly enough, it's one of the blocks that I'm pretty good at. I make them two at a time, and because there's always a little bit of wiggle room to square them up, they usually come out pretty accurately. 😁
That's a LOT of half-square triangles (48 and 24!) |
Blocks and HSTs made, with a couple of extra cut pieces |
I've never participated in a mystery quilt before, and I wondered how they would keep the finished piece a mystery. After all, once you make a block or two, you're bound to have an idea of what the quilt will look like. So, instead of making blocks, the mystery is prolonged by getting you to put minor things together like partial blocks and HST. It makes use of the production line concept.
FM Embroidering the Noon Sun
Making the second Sun for my hanging outdoor piece was much easier once I'd made the sunrise sun (see Related links below). The Sunrise Sun isn't quite finished but the FM embroidering is done. For the Noon Sun, instead of using a scarf, I used a long piece of yellow organza folded in half with a layer of yellow tulle in the middle.
Noon Sun free motion embroidered in 2 shades of yellow |
I couldn't help it, I ended up embroidering past the 6" border. When I finished embroidering, I tried out an 8" hoop since it fit into it.
Trying the piece in an 8" hoop |
I then placed it in the 6" hoop and loved the effect that the extra stitching has outside of the hoop.
I love how the stitching looks on the outside of the centre |
I'm not thrilled with the inside of the hoop, but I'll add some hand-embroidery with 2 shades of yellow perle cotton to give it more texture and interest. I may also add some beads to make it twinkle outside. At this time, I'm thinking that cutting the sheer fabric outside of the hoop to make it move in the wind, could be cool 😎
I'll be embroidering the centre with perle cotton and possibly adding beads |
What I learned
- I'm thrilled that the production line of the HSTs went well.
- It's funny how some quilting blocks are easy and other not so much. I think that I have a lot of experience making those HST.
- I've also been playing with the embroidery hoop of Sunrise. I'll share this with you when I get it right - it's been an interesting journey!
- I'm looking forward to embroidering the Noon Sun. I'll be linking this post on Slow Sunday Stitching and hope to play with it today.
- I can't wait to start those clouds and birds, which is the next level of the hanging piece. That's going to take some ingenuity.
- Next week I want to start sewing together some of the panels for Hubby's panel quilt. Hopefully that will go well.
Related links
- Creating a sunrise on Free Motion Mavericks, March 14, 2024
- Confused on Free Motion Mavericks, January 18, 2024
- 2-Colour Mystery Quilt, March 11, 2024
- Canuck Quilter Designs
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties, including Slow Sunday Stitching and Free Motion Mavericks😀. Why not check them out if you get a chance. Off The Wall Friday, Put Your Foot Down, Patchwork & Quilts, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2024,