WIP Spiderweb Update

Quick update...

Have been working away on the Spiderweb quilt in a bit of an assembly line fashion. Cut out a stack of interfacing and drew my template on. Then sew the calico star wedge on with a stripe attached to each side. Did about 14 of them in one hit and then came the relaxing part...just sewing on strips. I felt that I made heaps of headway but then realised it only gave me another 3 blocks. Never mind...slowly but surely

Could not help myself...also sewn together another quilt top of solid fabric measuring about 38" square. Am missing the calming rhythm of FMQ. Will continue with my practice of feather quilting starting with a huge feather wreath in the middle. So, hopefully I will have something else to show very soon.

Popping in to Anything Goes Linky Party at Stitch by Stitch

Until next time

Karin

WIP: Spider web Quilt

Love it...

If I do 30 blocks the quilt will be about 61" x 73"...ha, ha, only about 26 blocks to go!

I love scrappy quilts. Not sure what it is about them, whether it is the riot of colour or the actual fact that you are using leftovers, hence literally creating new fabric and at the same time having a bit of a memento of all the different fabrics used over the last few years. I am using calico for the star...I am aiming for this quilt to have that old fashioned look and feel of 'making do with what you 've got' about it.

Huge design possibilities here...You could use just one consistent colour for the first strip to accentuate the star shape while keeping the scrappy look for the rest of the spider web. Also, you could make your strips uneven, i.e. sewing them at different angles to the first strip. You could change the star by halving each star section and having a different colour in there....

Lots of fun to do and very relaxing...

Karin