Better points than mine too !!! You're obviously a natural MCholet!
Did you piece or PP it???
Do we need a PP BOM HOF ??????
or even a PP BOM ???????
I paper pieced it. I used my quilting ruler to draw out exact copies of your templates from the tute. Then I scanned and printed those. I have an A4 pad of children's tracing paper and so I printed the duplicate templates on to sheets of that.
The fabric is the polycotton shirting charity shop find I used in January's BOM, and an old Ikea cotton apron. The finished block is a practice piece which happily turned out quite well.
I have never done paper piecing before. It is indeed a very peculiar concept to wrap one's head around! It felt satisfying to sew through the paper however as it made a very pleasing crunching sound as the needle passed through, and it reminded me of the first time I ever used a sewing machine - my grandad's hand crank Jones - when I was tiny, pretending to sew sheets of paper. And I enjoyed tearing away the paper afterwards as it reminded me of tearing off stamps (...and also the scene in Terry Pratchett's '
Hogfather' 'Going Postal' where the concept of stamps is born...).
I may use the block towards making a bag. I have never made bags, and it is a skill set I would very much like to learn, so I think I will probably begin with something relatively straightforward and make a tote, using the block as a decorative panel.
I enjoyed making this block - Thank you Imi
There are so many transferable skills which I am discovering via my forays into P&Q. How to hold and cut with a rotary cutter and keeping your lines straight and what pressure to use. How to wield a monster of a quilting ruler, placing it down on the fabric to be cut and not have the fabric waft away as you place it down, the best way to hold it, what pressure to use. Rotary cutting is a technique which I am falling in love with, although it has taken me quite a lot of practice to even start to get the hang of it. And paper piecing too. I am certain that technique can be used elsewhere - outside of P&Q - as well.
I am hoping at some point to make a quilt. I'm developing my skills and knowledge in the meantime. Then at some point when it feels right I shall dive in and do it.
Edited as I got the Pratchett reference wrong...