Fiddlesticks and Humility (you are here)
So after I got the email from Jane that I was "in," I decided to use the leftover fabrics from my class Valentines quilt . Here is kind of the step by step evolution of "Hearts on a String". It was a close call getting all the hand quilting done in time to bind, wash dry and and hang….
In my cutting spree I cut 5" squares, 2.5" squares, some 2" (i think) strip, some 4" strips and some 1.5" inch strips--because I had lots of ideas but hadn't settled on anything yet..and packed them up in a project bag until the idea was kinda set
Having made hearts before I knew I needed HST--and yes I mark mine--and some snowballed pieces; at least in the manner I was going to construct them-I know there are a gazillion different ways to do it, but...this is what I choose this time around.
So on I continued, the pattern just kinda evolved, what I ended up with, which I love; is not what I started out envisioning.
This is when I decided to try the string option on for size..I would not have been happy froggin it (rip-it rip-it) ....so I am happy to have liked what I got. not everything I tried was as successful...
I loved this first string...
And then another--Then since I had decided to hand quilt this, I knew I needed to stop there if there was any hope of having it done in time...
So in the hoop it went:
Out of the hoop and ready for binding...
And remember I said that this was made from leftovers..well I had leftover binding too..and I had kinda measured.... thought there was enough...
good thing I had more leftovers...
Bound, washed, dried and hanging over my fireplace :-)
Hope you enjoyed the trip, I had a lot of fun. Make sure you check out the rest of the neat projects on today's hopping.