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Monday, January 05, 2015

Design Wall Monday - 1/5/15

I haven't made much progress on my Grand Illusion Mystery due to work related activities but I did get to play with my hexies here and there...

On New Year's Day I spent the day in my PJs fussy cutting for a couple projects. I mostly fussy cut for Rosette #1 of Katja's Millefiore project. A lot of people are working block by block from the center out but I wanted to take advantage of my fabric so I'm kinda working willy nilly on mine.

I started with this...


and ended with this!!!! Swiss Cheese!

I think there is still a lot of potential left in this fabric for all the small bits left to make for rosette #1

I played with templates for quite a while trying to decide where to put what shapes and finally just decided to start with the center.


From there I picked an element I liked and played to see how I could use it best with the remaining shapes while also laying out the pieces so that I could see how they would play together.  And then I decided to stop fussy cutting and do some basting so I could see how the pieces were really playing together w/out seam allowances. There isn't a huge difference but if you look at the center block above and below you can see a slight difference.

One would think after a special trip to the city to buy a new cutting mat that
someone would take the time to clean the cutting table and get rid of the old mat...

I've still got a bit of basting the rest of these bits before I do more fussy cutting but EMT renewal class (almost 6 months at 10-15 hours per week with class/travel/homework time) starts this week so I have no idea how much I'll actually be getting done during the week. Think the teacher would have a problem with me hexing during class?


10 comments:

Denise :) said...

Wow, Sarah, this is awesome! I absolutely love the fabric choices...just perfect for this project! :)

Janet O. said...

When you first showed that fabric I knew you would get amazing results with your fussy-cutting (and you did).
Your kitties are SO helpful--won't they switch out the mats for you? : )

September Violets said...

Love the new patterns you've created with your fussy cuts! The colours are so vibrant. Wendy x

Missy Shay said...

All I can say is "wow" the effect is stunning!

lvkwilt said...

I have the book on order to start this myself. I hope I can manage to make such exquisite use of fabric! I love what you've done so far and so look forward to seeing your progress! Thanks for sharing!

margaret said...

wow is all I can say, I was hoping to take part but it looks far too complicated for me so will admire what others are doing

Maria said...

That looks great! Love the fabric:-)

Karen H said...

Your block is going to be spectacular!

Chris said...

Love your block. One of my favorite patterns to make is the stack and whack.

Vireya said...

Fantastic!