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As promised to some of you, here comes the tutorial for one confetti block.
You need stripes, all 6 1/2" x 1 1/2" and squares 1 1/2" x 1 1/2".
4 stripes for background fabric (in my case white), 4 stripes for biggest round, 3 stripes for next round, 2 stripes for again next round and yes 1 stripe for last round before center.
1 square for center and 4 squares for background.
Sew the stripes as shown below and iron the groups with the seam allowances for first group to the right, second group to the left and so on.
(if you do it the other way round it is not that important, just take care that they go on opposite direction, for group 1 and 3 in one and for group 2 and 4 in the other).
Cut each group into 4 stripes 1 1/2" wide. There will be some fabric over, just discard!
Then arrange as below with the center square in the middle.
Sew that center square to the stripe lying under it.
Then sew the stripes with one another ( the stripes from the above group with the stripes of the underneath group) without cutting the thread inbetween (kind of chain piecing). It is helpful to keep the stripes in the right order and it goes faster that way!
Then sew the stripes with one another. The seam allowances should lock everywhere but for half of the center stripe (the one with the center square). Add the last 2 background squares and iron.
Once all the blocks are done, you can square down the blocks (see first picture) to 7 1/2" x 7 1/2".
Well that´s done. I hope it is clear enough and you will have fun sewing the blocks.
Questions are welcome!
Only 3 weeks to go before the holidays and a good thing too!
As there are still thousands of things needing to be done before, I expect time will fly.
In between work and other chores, I spin, knit and sew a bit.
I hope to show some of it next time.
I wish you a peaceful sunday.
We are enjoying the last days of our Easter break and we have been lucky with the weather, being able to spend a lot of time outside.I managed quite a few wooly things too:First I dyed some wool rovings that I intend to spin in the near future.
Then I spun and plyed. As you can see in the picture I am not really an expert at plying yet!
And this is the end result with the 2 rovings I used in the background. If the yarn was not so scratchy I would be very pleased with it!
With the help of my DS, I dyed some sock yarn as well. I tried this time to get some spring/summer colours to match the weather.
I wish you a nice week with some mild weather.
We have been having Easter school break for a week now and until today it has been very calm as my DS was away with the local youth group.
I managed to finish some projects and started some new ones!
This is my Thermal jumper. The part I like most about it (apart from the fit) is that the yarn cost me only 8 Euro ( about 10$) at a local clearance shop.
I sewed the top of a challenge my mother talked me into. We were given a small piece of the brown dot fabric and had to make something related to nine and/or eggs (in french neuf and oeuf sound quite alike). I picked the nine theme and sewed some nine patch of different sizes, the smallest being 3x3 cm, that´s 1x1 cm (3/8 x 3/8) for a square. The top measures 40x40 cm (16"x16").
Now I am waiting for some inspiration to get it quilted. Maybe something eggy (it is Easter after all!)
Anyway I wish you all an happy Easter with your family.
I spun some roving I had dyed before. I still don´t know what will become of that skein as the wool is not very soft.
I spun some more:
And I knitted bowls out of the yarn. They are felted after being knitted.
Next week we are going on holiday in France to see the family and to rest.
