POTC #12 and #13

Coming along – slowly but surely. The greens look a little muddy and the lavenders look grayish – the colors are clearer and brighter than they appear.

POTC # 10 and # 11

 

 

POTC # 8 and #9

I have not done much sewing and posting recently because I have been spending most of my free time on the computer researching my family tree at ancestry.com.  I thought sewing was addictive – this genealogy thing is all consuming. It’s like detective work – one clue leads to another – or you may spend days going down the wrong track and have to start over. I am about to burn out so it’s back to sewing.

Both of these blocks have two Kaffee Fassett fabrics – I am trying to use at least two in each block – any more and its a mess – too much going on.

POTC #7

POTC # 5 and #6

I’m back from Chicago after a wonderful 6 day trip. I finished these two (plus 8 patches of # 7) on the plane and in the Houston airport during a several hour layover.

FYI – I had no trouble getting my sewing kit past the TSA. I love traveling – but I hate flying – I’d prefer to arrive at my destination like they do on Star Trek or SG-1.

This is the first time I have taken a hand piecing project on a trip – I usually just read. The time passed very quickly and I accomplished a lot!

POTC #4

I’ve chosen the fabric combinations for 5 more Kaffee Fassett blocks. I’m addicted – these are so much fun!

POTC #3 finished

Here we go – first one using Kaffee Fassett fabrics. Next one will be brighter – this is way too pale and wimpy.

POTC #3

The center cross is a Kaffee Fassett fabric that I fussy cut. The stripe (also fussy cut) I bought a few weeks ago – amazing how well it matches.

Here in Panama we have no quilt shops so when we see a fabric that we may possibly use sometime in the future we buy it! A few fabric stores have 100% cotton quilting fabric – out of date collections for a fraction of the original US selling price – from $3.95 a yard to as low as $1.00 a yard!

This is the first time I have cut a piece of KF fabric. My stash is in a separate box awaiting my Lollypop Tree appliqué.

I’ll be using one more KF fabric in this block along with a hand dye.

In spite of the holes – there’s still plenty of use-able fabric here. The Lollypop Tree pattern has tons of circles – this will be perfect.

POTC # 2 finished

I fussy cut the center four patches with a template – and I printed the cutting and stitching lines on the back of the other three fabrics using Inklingo.

I’ve started on another one using two Kaffee Fassett fabrics – stay tuned.

Patchwork Of The Crosses block #2

This is the fabric I used for the center 8 patches – I fussy cut the butterfly in the lower right corner. I’m using a yellow ochre batik and a fuchsia print for the surrounding 16 patches.

This block doesn’t go with the yellow and orange block #1. I am still experimenting – looking for the colors and type of fabric I’d like to use for a whole quilt. I like this one – it’s bright and informal – not what you usually see used for this block. My problem now is that fussy cut-able fabric is not my forte – I have almost nothing suitable in my stash. EXCEPT my Kaffee Fasset’s – but I am saving them for the Lollypop applique quilt. Maybe I need more – can you ever have enough Kaffe Fassett?

I’ve just looked at some of my KF’s and the large prints are perfect – but I’d need 1/2 of a yard to be able to fussy cut 4 patches – the pattern repeats are so far apart. The small to medium size all over prints will work with only a 1/4 yard. Hummm.. maybe I’ll just borrow a few pieces for the experiment.

Here is a great link for the history of Lucy Boston, her home and her patchwork quilts.