I definitely befriended my seam ripper for this project! Next I planned out the applique placement, and started to think about hand quilted embellishments. Attaching the final row… Pins right next to each seam seemed to help me line them up the best. It’s now for sale on Craftsy! Matching seams like a boss! I continued to swap squares in and out as I got generous donations of blue scraps from friends and quilting buddies, until I finally settled on an arrangement I liked. I created a 4″ paper pieced star to fit into my design. Here’s my process: After cutting all the 1.5″ squares, the next task was to lay it all out and find a pleasing gradient. Sunbursts and the play of light on the world, reminiscent of laying in the grass looking up at floating seeds glinting in the sunlight as they swirl in the wind (an activity frequented by my kids and I during the warm summer months) was the ultimate inspiration for my quilt. I have always delighted in the little amazing miracles found in nature, so I knew the natural world had to be a part of my quilt. I have a penchant for color gradient aesthetics, and since 12″x12″ is relatively small, I thought this would be a perfect time to make a quilt out of 1″ squares. I started brainstorming what that would mean in terms of a small quilt. Thinking about “delight”, the first thing that came to mind was “delight in the little things”. I am always inspired by the tiny bits of beauty in nature. The idea behind the group is that they post a word each month, and members design and create a 12×12″ art quilt inspired by that word. I can’t wait to complete the last three blocks to see how it looks all together! circling gulls design paper piecing quiltingĪt the end of last year, I joined a 12×12″ Art Quilt group on Facebook, just in time for the word “delight”. I finished sewing the first of four blocks while at a Paper Piecing class at my local quilt shop, Fiddlehead Artisan Supply in Belfast. The fuzz from photocopies of photocopies aren’t the crispest, but the pattern is proving to be quite functional! I walked through the old-school process for this pattern completely before finding Inkscape, and my first (second if you count the little 4″ star from my art quilt) sewn self-designed paper pieced pattern will be these circling gulls. I finally decided on starfish since it would be much easier to create as a pattern, and the design began to come to life. My brain continued to swirl, and next up came an idea for seagulls circling around a starfish, or maybe a crab. As you can see, this is not the simplest of designs, but they look like violets!! My first paper pieced design was for violets. I don’t think it’s within my brain function. Sketching designs old school style.Īs with just about anything, I don’t start simple. I somehow stumbled upon this tutorial, and within minutes had my squared notebook in hand. Leave it to Pinterest to inspire creativity. Soon after sewing a few paper pieced projects, I started dreaming up new patterns. I think I must have somehow fallen into the hive of paper piecing bugs, because I am HOOKED! I love how precise you can be, I love that you can create fabric pictures of just about anything, I love the promise of possibility. People talk about “the paper piecing bug” and how once you try paper piecing, you are hooked for good. I can’t wait to see what others create with my patterns! be kind chocolates craftsy four pointed star paper piecing paper piecing pattern pattern published quilting I can vouch for their deliciousness! Yummm! Hopefully she enjoys the chocolates while creating some awesome starry project. These are delicious chocolates made locally in the town of Belfast, Maine. What’s even slightly more exciting is that I’ve already had one buyer! Little does that buyer know, but she will be receiving a little “Congratulations! You’re my first buyer” gift in the mail. Those two dollars and fifty cents not only will get you the 4″ paper piecing pattern template, it will also get you a 6″ and 12″ version. Since my original pattern is for a scant 4″ square, I included larger options in the pattern. You can find the pattern in my Craftsy Pattern Store. I’m more than a little excited! I’ve officially published my first paper piecing pattern! I decided that the little four-pointed star I designed as an element for my Delight in the Little Things art quilt would be a great spot to start in my attempts to learn the ways of Inkscape. Source: Four-pointed star via kitty.wilkin on Craftsy
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