Waaaaay back in May I attended a London Craft Club session in Chiswick for some mindful hand-patchwork ran by Chris Webb.
I was joined by my friend Alex (My Creative Experiments blog) and Kris. We spent a few relaxing hours creating an abstract English Paper Pieced patchwork piece. Although lots of fabric scraps are provided I took along a collection of monochrome cottons.
I'm pretty pleased with the finished patchwork. It is going to form the centre piece for some free-style machine patchwork for a cushion cover. The plan is to give it to a good friend for her Christmas present. I am hoping to finish it over the half term break at the end of October.
That sounds interesting :) And the finished block looks very harmonic :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kat. It was really fun to do.
DeleteGood reminder of a lovely evening! The monochrome block looks very stylish, I'm sure it will look great as the centre piece of a cushion. Following the class I've done a block of my own design, will try and write a post about it soon!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was a fun evening!
DeleteI love English paper piecing, this is such a lovely first block! The colours are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThanks X
Deleteit looks lovely - the last time I tried english paper piecing I was a teen. It looks a good way to use small leftovers.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a great scrap buster!
DeleteWhat a clever idea to use all monochrome fabrics. The design is very striking and will look great at the centre of a cushion cover.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rosemary x
DeleteLooking forward to that finished cover, I have never seen one made free hand before - it looks great. Jo x
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo. Hopefully I get around to it soon as it's going to be a Christmas present for a friend.
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