Thank you for your compliments
Nice to know you like it.
I've been having a little look today for my 'missing' outer fabric. I can't step away from the idea of using green...(sorry Lowena). I spotted a wonderful 'grass' fabric, very realistic, but don't wish to spend £13 on it.
I have thought of a batik but haven't found a dark enough shade...in fact, it's been quite difficult to find something dark enough. My sewing isn't tidy enough for a very plain fabric, ( Ha, ha!. Sharp and snappy points. Me? Lol !)... so I have looked at marbled type fabrics.
I'm trying to avoid the colour being too light, because it needs to show up against the strawberry leaf green in the bottom centre.
Anyway, I've found two fabrics, which I have ordered and I'll see which is best.
Confession time.....
Due to my shoddy sewing skills, ( I think I cut them accurately?) I discovered my triangle blocks came up as a different size to the main squares, so have had to re-cut my central squares a bit larger...
Worse than that....I didn't have enough of some of the fabrics, so some of them have had to have pieces added on to extend them...(Blimey. That makes it sound a right botch-up). It sounds worse than it looks...honest. It's so loud and busy, you can't see unless you look for it....and I've pattern matched!...In fact, if I hadn't mentioned it.....(especially if I photograph it from a good distance away
).
I'm (just about) OK cutting my fabrics with the rotary cutter, but I'm not stitching an accurate quarter inch seam.
I must invest in a special foot for my machine.
It's looking good so far. I've stitched what I can to hold it all together.
Sandra.
xxx
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