A Dream Has Died
Last night, I taught an English Paper Piecing workshop, and was reminded how enamored I am of this technique. It’s very Zen and meditative and repetitive in the most soothing way, but at the same time, it requires some basic geometry and logical thinking and planning ahead. It’s slow sewing, the kind that lends itself to socializing and daydreaming, and it’s pretty awesome.
I have gotten so obsessed with it that I bought a fat quarter bundle of Heather Ross’ Far Far Away 2 and planned out a (very complicated) super-sized hexie quilt with it. But that dream has died. It’s official.
It’s an epiphany I assume anyone who works with fabric has at some point, but it’s always a little painful when it rears its head and poops all over your plans: some fabrics simply do not lend themselves to certain designs. In this case, I still love the weight and the color and the texture of this collection for making a quilt in general and for hexies specifically–so crisp! so vibrant!–but the illustrations are pretty large scale throughout the collection. And they are so, so dreamy that I’d hate to lose any of that detail by breaking it up into hexagons.
So I’m hoping that this weekend, I can hit Made By Rae’s quilt pattern and bust out something that will really showcase the full fabulousness of these fabrics. And my dream of an unnecessarily complicated paper pieced quilt will have to wait its turn, for when I find the perfect fabric…
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December 3rd, 2010 at 9:04 pm
ooh, can’t wait to see it!!!
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December 4th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
That is a very lovely yellow color you used on your hexagon.
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December 5th, 2010 at 11:57 am
I completely understand. I’m still putting off cutting into The Ghastlies. It’ll probably end up as pillow cases because I can’t bear to cut through the design. Though the Made by Rae quilt might be a solution…
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December 6th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Oh I bet that makes a BEYOOTIFUL quilt.
What lovely little hexies you made. I don’t have the patience for all that, but I so admire the results from other people who do!
I have a New Years Resolution to take a class at your shop! But no paper piecing for me, I would be a BAD student.
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