Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Block4 changed for 30's fabric

I've replaced the triangles at the sides of block 4 with a feather to link with the central block. Each feather has 22 lobes and there are eight of them. This little bounty of prepared lobes has taken me the best part of today and I've still only prepared 8 for each feather. The triangles seem a much better option now but having started, I shall finish!
Yesterday was spent redrawing the block and copying the new feathers onto the fabric.
You can see the old vase which has been whitened out.
I have an awful feeling I shall want to add something or other to the vase... Why can I not leave well alone?

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Middle block has it's final tweak

This hasn't made it better or worse than Esther's, just different.
I was loathe to put the dark circle in the middle. Whenever I see things appliquéd down over points meeting like this I often think people are hiding an error, but in this case it really unites the block. In retrospect if I'd seen the whole quilt before I had started, I would have done the hearts in the purple and the daisy like petals in the red.