Beside Suzie’s zipper pouch I have been working on another quilting project with fairly tiny pieces: a new sleeve for my laptop.
I came across a little mushroom quilt block on Pinterest the other day and decided to line a few of them up in a row for a family picture. 😉 The geometries of the pieces are not super complicated but unlike my previous projects they’re not limited to standard shapes like squares, rectangles and half square triangles. Instead, the trapezoids and triangles are all different and feature some odd angles. Therefore I chose to make the mushrooms via paper piecing, a patchwork technique where the fabric pieces are sewn onto a (temporary) paper template which allows to accurately sew also more complex geometries without the need to pre-cut all the pieces exactly. It was my first approach to paper piecing and I think it is safe to say that it was not my last! I’m just so fascinated by the idea that you can sew any designs as long as they’re made up of straight lines. It was so nice and easy to simply draw the mushrooms on paper first, varying the sizes and proportions of the tops and stems for an interesting mix, and then sew them up according to these templates.
After all six mushrooms were joint, I carefully removed all the paper, ironed everything flat and then quilted them with my standard wavy lines. During the final assembly of the pouch I had quite a bit of “fun” with the zipper and I’m not sure if I’ll ever again choose to make a lined pouch with a two-sided zipper, yikes… 😛
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