#hand piecing

[vafibrearts]

Did a little hand stitching today on one of my outreach projects!

I finished appliqueing my second big lily flower, so that puts me about half way through the piecing!

[carlinstitches]

Leopards Eating Faces, a banner quilt

[rthwrms]

hand pieced purple scraps

[missanniewhimsy]

trying something new, this time English paper piecing to try to use up some of my many MANY scraps

[alchemiasart]

Gods help me, I’ve been infected. I blame my amazing mother-in-law.

Part of my Croning has been circling back to the Elder Futhark and rekindling my relationship with them. Another part has been reigniting my love for handwork.

Behold, an anti-nightmare spell pillow for children! Hand-pieced, embroidered, and hand-quilted. It will be on the Alchemias site along with the rest of the ritual and also some pattern options for people to make their own. I’m finishing up some other little odds and ends for a fully-fleshed inventory ahead of FaeFest in May (9th, in Austin, Texas), but these and other quilted goodies are going to be on display and available.

Don’t send help, I’ll just put them to work cutting patterns.

[fungusqueen]

Starting today, my quilt will be on display at the local county fair! This project took about two years to complete. The quilt top is entirely hand sewn using the English Paper Piecing technique, where cut-to-shape paper pieces are used to stabilize the shape of the fabric. A ladder stitch is used to join fabric pieces at the edges before the paper is removed. The individual fabrics are mostly vintage sourced and some of the solid colors are hand-dyed by me. The quilt overall measures 36″ x 56″

[bluedesignwall]

The stars are all sewn on but I may have to add more. This quilt is threadbare in places and I kept finding more really thin bits. Next I will quilt the stars just to give them a bit more strength. I hope this works. I am going to have to get moving and make a new queen sized quilt.