Monday, August 31, 2020

The First Cut

 

I worked up the courage to make the first cuts on the Disappearing Nine Patch blocks. 



It helped to have a nice sharp new blade in my cutter. I need to remember to change it more often.




I am happy to say all the cutting math came back to me. Dad and I made plenty of these little quilts but that was a long time ago. We used to work as a team and I sure could have used his help and......




...his eye for color placement. We used to put all the blocks up on his design wall and play with the layout until we got something we liked. I've got no space and no color sense so this is going to be interesting. 









11 comments:

  1. I think it is kind of like the scrappy knit blankets. It might look crazy and unplanned, but in the end, it really looks cool.

    Your fabrics are such happy colors. I think they'll all work together just fine.

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  2. How did you do that? Quilting cuts always amaze me. So gorgeous.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  3. Looks beautiful already! Liana

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  4. I bet it turns out lovely. You have some mighty pretty and colorful fabric pieces there.

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  5. yay! You're going to do fine! I say that about my blade every time I change it--why didn't I do that sooner! lol Can't wait to see what you do with this quilt!

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  6. I do love your fabric choices! Having a sense of color placement is a true gift but I do think you look like you have a definite eye for it!
    I ordered fabric from Etsy yesterday - after much searching decided to order it from one shop. Everything was cancelled except for one fat quarter cut. It's been processed and sent so now I have a very expensive (postage would have been much less for more cuts) small piece of fabric. Just a little disappointed to say the least. :(

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  7. I never knew that people did that! I thought they somehow sewed all those different tiny shapes together. How great that is going to look! Cool!

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  8. I need to change my rotary cutter blade and the needle on my sewing machine more often.

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  9. Don't stress too much about getting the perfect layout. Scrappy disappearing nine patches are always beautiful chaos. Just let it do what it's going to do.

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