Saturday 2 March 2013

A new start


A new project -  "In the time of Toile" quilt kit (by Froncie Quinn). I was very lucky winning this from Sue . Thanks so much to Sue for her generosity!
Just look at the lovely fabrics here...

I particularly like the red toile and the florals.  A couple of  small pieces of this line are already in my stash - which might come in handy for the quilt. But no more of the red toile. 

And this is the pattern:

To make a start I decided to fussy cut the toile to make the four  corner blocks around the centre . It is a large scale print with few repeats so was going to be tricky to select pieces to use. I wanted to have a bird in each corner. 
These "tools" were invaluable: a homemade template of the corner block and a packet of kebab sticks...
got you guessing?
I only had one template so the kebab sticks just marked possible placements before drawing/cutting - bit crude but it worked a treat: 

Only two large birds on the piece of fabric, and a few littlies

Next - the Applique basket :
I have substituted a different yellow for the base as the one in the pack is a little "muddy" for me. 
The red top of the basket (and flowers) is all one piece of fabric cut from the border print - very clever use of the fabric I thought - well done Froncie!
Basket cut from border fabric - ready to needle turn applique
Applique done
Next - Broderie Perse flowers and leaves:
I cut pieces out of the floral fabric and some of the individual flowers from the border print and dithered around with placement - fun to do but took a while. Then I tacked them down very roughly with large stitches :
Tacking stitch placement ready to applique
Bit of a tentative placement - might change a bit as I sew. There are 12 seperate pieces of fabric tacked on there so this could be fiddly with the needleturn applique! Wish me luck...

19 comments:

  1. Wow! This is right up your alley! It is going to be stunning.

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  2. Oh I'm so excited to see you have started it. That toile was a gorgeous one and she probably needed to have put a larger piece in the kit- you have done a great job with fussy cutting it.

    It's going to be fab.

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  3. Fabulous bit of fussy cutting there and I don't think you need luck with such great skills. Can't wait to see what else you do.

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  4. What a treat on starting the day! This looks absolutely wonderful, and I can't wait to see your progress. I certainly wish you luck for the needleturn - it looks tricky, but I'm sure you will do it fine!

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  5. This is looking amazing....love the fabrics by the way... have a nice weekend!

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  6. Sue found the perfect home for this kit! Fun to see your progress, it is beautiful.

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  7. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your lovely applique work!

    Carolyn :)

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  8. I am ever so inspired when I read your blog. This is going to be beautiful.

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  9. I think you were the perfect person to win this kit! It is going to be over-the-top amazing!

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  10. What a spectacular project! So reminicent of the pre-1830's era of quilting. The fabric just makes me drool. You are doing a fabulous job with the broiderie perse - that is one technique I've hardly ever done. Lucky you winning this - it will be so much fun watching your progress.

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  11. Who's a lucky girl! I can see you'll have fun with this one.

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  12. LOVE your new start and especially the red toile fabric. This kit has found the perfect owner. It's great to see your broderie perse process as I have been working on my broderie perse Morrell blocks this week - what a happy coincidence :)

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  13. The bird toile is marvelous! Looks like you made good use of it. I look forward to seeing your progress. your applique is beautiful!

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  14. You are getting to play with such gorgeous fabrics!! Great tip about the bamboo skewers, I cut out freezer paper shapes to do a similar thing. It's wonderful to see your process with the Broderie perse. It's all looking beautiful!

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  15. I'm sure Sue is glad to see you've gotten to work right away on this project. This is lovely. Good luck! Though after seeing your other work I have no doubt this will turn out beautifully, too.

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  16. You left such a sweet comment on my weblog, so I visited yours and.... nearly fell
    from my chair! Such stunning projects you are doing, and all of them so beautifully
    made. I hope you understand my English and also, my spelling will be correct, but
    here from Holland I want to give you a great compliment for your wonderful work!
    (I will put your blog in my reading-list as well, so I do not have to miss any
    blogpost of you...)
    Kind regards from Ageeth, from Holland

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  17. Wow, that basket is gorgeous. I love your trick for cutting those triangles, It's a brilliant tip so thanks for sharing it.

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  18. Your Broderie Perse is so pretty, the whole piece is just lovely. I like seeing your POTC as your header picture, every block is just so interesting.

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