This one was started and then sat, and sat and sat. The issue was I started without a plan and the colors were not 'matching' what I had in my mind and were not working.
With that in mind, I pulled the baggie of Liberty fabric cast offs I picked up 20 years ago at a guild meeting. Just enough to make either the tall or small house. I cut out a bunch but they are multiples of the same fabrics. I did a couple peels as well.
I was not feeling it for this project. It was also hard to hold the template and cut around... I looked over and saw the rotating 10 inch cutting mat I got on a daily deal at MSQC last month. OMG! This thing rocks. Love it for this purpose.
I then opened one of the 4 charm packs that I had tucked with this project. Not solids like the originals but read as solids in a variety of colors.
I remembered I needed twice as many small houses than the tall or fat houses this time.
I have quite a bit of the houses cut. I'll need to do more peels, but will wait and see what colors I want to use as I make the little sections - 2 small houses and one fat house go together and then a peel goes underneath. The tall houses connect 4 of those sections together for a circle in the pattern.
All prepped with their papers. Now do I use the glue stick or tack them with thread? So many decisions.
I bought the Biggy papers a couple of years ago and want to make them with my collection of Liberty precuts. Every time I pull them out to make a plan, I hesitate and put them back. I would use the glue stick. But I plan to machine zigzag them together. Have to settle on a background before I do that.
ReplyDeleteSince I do not have the instructions, I appreciate you mentioning sewing the pieces into units.
Great save on an older project and wonderful progress on that cutting. A rotating mat is really so wonderful to use isn't it? This looks like a wonderful hand project...so pretty a pattern...hugs, Julierose;)))
ReplyDeleteI have never bought a rotating cutting mat, but many times I've thought it would come in very handy, especially for cutting odd shapes like that. Glad you're getting those Brimfield blocks out again - those do make a neat design. I will enjoy seeing your progress, Deb!
ReplyDeleteI have tried both and settled on thread basting. I think that I used too much glue and had trouble getting them to come undone at the end. Now I tread baste from the back instead of going through the papers. I also hole punch the papers so that I can use a stick of some sort to pop out the papers at the end. There are so many ways to accomplish the same task, it is all about doing what works for you. Glad that you were able to find some fabrics to keep the project moving. The rotating cutting mat can be so handy for template cutting.
ReplyDeleteI found glue basting was easier on this pattern than thread basting and I usually do the thread.
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