Turkey Tracks: November 9, 2017
Valse Brillante Quilt Project
The block pile for the English Paper Piecing “Valse Brilliant” is growing. This quilt is from Willyene Hammerstein’s book MILLEFIORE QUILTS. And this work was one of the many Coastal Quilters (Maine) challenges proposed and started last winter.
There are close to 40 now. I need just under 100 blocks I think.
My rules are brights and text fabrics, every block must have both. Two forms of blocks emerge, one with darker color on the wide pieces and one with darker color on the narrow pieces. When I glued block pieces, I often made both versions from the two chosen fabrics. You can see both versions below:
I had fun with this block, which uses one of the Cotton+Steel whimsical fabrics with a desert motif and one of the C+S basic fabrics:
I have also used a lot of the “pearl bracelet” fabrics, both large and mini, from Lizzy House from Andover because they have such clear, bright colors.
I found an old computer laptop lap support tucked away in John’s technical supplies. It works perfectly as a platform for English Paper Piecing blocks.
It is thicker on one side, and I put that side next to my body so my hands and arms have support. This laptop platform saves a lot of wear and tear on arm, wrist, and neck muscles. When I am putting on binding, I use a fat couch pillow for support. Otherwise, I am always bending my neck over too far.
My as yet unnamed millefiori quilt (Katja Marek) is done but for one side of binding. Pics to follow soon. It may be my most favorite quilt ever.
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