A creative journey
When last I posted about the wonky herringbone pillow square, I was trying to figure out how to tame the bias edges.
Here's the solution I came up with ...
I pieced strips of cloth together, cut them perpendicularly into new strips, and sewed them onto the bias edges. There is still a bit of waviness, but overall I'm happy with the result ...
The quilting also helped, and I had fun alternating #12 variegated pink perle cotton with #8 off-white perle ...
I am having way too much fun making wonky log cabin squares from P's outgrown baby clothes. Since I've not really patchplayed with cottons before, each new square is a kick ...
I also indulged myself in a look through the photo roll on my phone, hoping to find pictures of the original outfits, with much success ...
So fair warning, there's far more to come ...
This is my favorite square (so far) for P's coverlet ...
It was made with patches from this little romper ...
Seen again in this picture of my youngest and oldest grandchildren, taken last summer when we were all together at the beach ...
I've continued to make wonky log cabin squares out of P's outgrown baby clothes ...
And at first I was psyched that there were so many examples of wonky log cabin quilts, examples of which I collected from Pinterest ...
Except, then I realized it was sort of unoriginal. So I started playing around with two squares ...
turning an idea over in my mind: wondering if the wonky log cabins could become wonky herringbones instead ...
And the answer was, hmmm, well maybe ...
moving piece by piece ...
like giant cloth tangram shapes ...
Of course, those of you who are more experienced are most likely shaking your heads over all those seams and bias ends hanging over the edges. So yeah, after one abortive attempt at finishing, I'm still working on a solution ...
But for now, those log cabin squares are starting to look better and better.
It’s looking good!
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Thanks Connie … got a long way to go
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I liked your wonky squares!
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Mo – good thing … probably where I’m headed
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Wonky is natural to me
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Jude – wonky it will be
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Well, I’m not experienced and think they look like lots of fun! How joyful to have time to play
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Nancy – our life in art is a lot of fun … likewise weather that lets us work outside in the middle of winter!
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I sure miss your sidebars. Love your wonky squares
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Thanks much … and those sidebars are still up and running at the old blog site. I visit there daily to see which Kindred Spirits have written new posts.
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love the new look here! and as a wp user, commenting will be easier than before.
I love the relationship of the black design feature of the rug to your wonky squares. I don’t need to tell you how I feel about ‘perfect’!
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Thanks Dee … your blog inspired me to make the move and your support for doing so has been much appreciated.
And yeah, my rug is my “design wall” … it’s a soumak we bought back in Virginia and I love its less-than-perfect design elements. Likewise, after years of chasing perfection in stitch, I’ve come to the conclusion that perfection is definitely over-rated. The corollary to that being: wonky is wonderful.
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