Flying Geese Paper Piecing Monday style

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This week I am taking a short break from my grey sampler quilt to share a little Bee crazy with you. I was super excited to recently joined a do.good. Stitches circle. I excitedly did the first blocks for my Bee, forgot to photograph them and then sent them to the wrong person. I was off to a flying start with the group!

Then the August block was posted and I must admit I gasped a little. This is why – 3 inch flying geese culminating in a 12 inch block with 96 pieces…

The requested blocks were from Liesel Made’s crazy mini patchwork sampler series. You can find the original post here. As I read the instructions for making the block I thought there had to be a way to make this which was not going to freak me out. My answer was of course PAPER PIECING! Paper piecing was the only way I personally was going to be able to make those precise little triangles.

So I pulled out my graph paper and made a pattern.

In the end these were fun blocks to make. I used up lots of little scraps which always makes me happy and messed with the triangle layout a little. If you want to make this block the paper way, please feel free to use my graph paper pattern – 3 inch Flying Geese pattern.

Next week it will be back to our regularly scheduled program.

12Aug2013

Paper Piecing Monday the Global edition

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Welcome to another edition of Paper Piecing Monday. On the weekend I found the perfect layout of my current sampler blocks and I am very excited. The pattern uses just 10 blocks so I am nearing the end of this colour way. But before we say good-bye there is a block or two to do…

The block is Julie at 627handworks “Global Concept” paper piecing pattern. You can find the free pattern here. As with all of Julie’s patterns there are so many ways this block can be interpreted. I went with the light grey star in the center after toying with the idea of using the light blue fabrics in the center piece. I am loving how it finished up.

The block takes 35 pieces and is one of the least complex of Julie’s patterns, not that you can tell by the finished block. Using all scrap pieces to make my “Global Concept” added a complexity to it, which I love.

More music inspired paper piecing next week…

5Aug2013

Mercury rising – Paper piecing Monday

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Today’s paper piecing pattern is called Mercury, which seems quite appropriate as the temperature gets warmer and warmer. Is it just me or do you also find it harder to quilt in summer? The sunshine and daylight keeps calling me out to play.

Anyway back to Mercury…

Yep it is another fabulous free paper piecing pattern from the amazing Julie at 627handworks. You can find the pattern and directions on here. I think there are only two more patterns left in Julie’s Block Rock’n paper piecing patterns. There are going to be some severe withdrawal symptoms when these blocks end and any suggestions on how to convenience her not to stop would be greatly appreciated.

56 perfect little pieces which make up this fun block. As you can see from the pattern there are a couple of different options for piecing this thing. Again you can have fun with it and play around with your colours and fabrics.

Now the call of the sun is too much… I am heading outside for some vitamin D.

29Jul2013

The fabulous Penny Lane – Paper Piecing Monday

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When I saw the name of today’s block I could not help but smile. I know the block is named after the Beatles song, but Penny Lane reminds me so much of Kate Hudson’s character in “Almost Famous”, one of my favorite films. I think it is a fitting block for both the song and the character…

This 72 piece beauty is another fabulous block for the amazing Julie at 627handworks. You can find the free paper piecing pattern here. Her version of this pattern is darling and very different from mine.

This block was not without a hiccup or two. First there was the “not concentrating on what I am doing mistake” which resulted in this misformed section and lots of unpicking.

Then I managed to break a needle trying to go through the center bulk. I had forgotten to remove the paper bits from the middle section to make it easier to sew through. Whoops.

Despite all this I love how this block came out. It is going to fit beautifully with the other blocks. I may end up replacing my last green block which is also scrappy but which is too messy for me… if you are curious you can find it here.

22Jul2013

Paper Piecing Monday fussy cut edition

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Today’s paper piecing Monday is a little detour from the regularly scheduled sampler quilt. Over the weekend Amanda at What the Bobbin? started a fussy square block swap and I was so excited I started making blocks almost immediately. There is swap joining details and a downloadable pattern on her site.

The idea of pulling out some of my fun novelty fabrics, fussy cutting them and making them into 4 inch blocks was too much fun…. here is what I have done so far.

I have so many great novelty scraps I can see myself getting quite carried away. But for now I am going to finish making my 12 blocks, then move onto finishing up some of the quilt tops I have laying in pieces around my work space. I want to have a finish for Friday.

Have a great week.