Saturday, February 23, 2019

Island Batik Ambassadors Mini Challenge Quilt 3 - Hand Piecing?!

I drafted a pattern for a mini quilt that ended up needing to be hand pieced.  I think that it must have been 20 years since I last hand pieced.  However, in this case, it was easier for me.

I started with pulling out some of my gorgeous Island Batik fabrics.


Next, I drew my paper piecing designs on a stabilizer that I was going to use to piece on so I didn't have to rip paper later.  I was glad I was only doing one block!


Here you can see the drawing before I cut it apart into pieces.


Here's what the pieces looked like when the paper piecing was done.


This is the back.


Here's another finished section.


A progression on the hand piecing.  It's getting better!


Done!  All the hand piecing is complete!


Here's a picture with a pencil for scale.


A close up of the center.  I steamed the top and it made it lay really flat!


I added some black around the edge to make the quilt square. 


Come back Wednesday to see the quilting!

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

11 comments:

  1. Hmmm.... I have never done hand piecing for a quilt. But there are certain types of piecing that would probably be a lot easier if they were hand pieced.

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  2. Wow that is a lot of intricate piecing! Beautiful!

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  3. It's gorgeous. Can't wait to see it finished.

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  4. So, it's like paper piecing, but done by hand? Love the design!

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  5. This is so clever - making machine paper-pieced sections and putting them together using EPP. It allows for such intricate designs as yours.

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  6. Beautiful block! I love the colors you chose!

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  7. For a moment there I thought you had hand-sewn the paper piecing! Your hand piecing looks good, and I find that although it's slower, it's easier than y-seams, and probably quicker in the long run.

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  8. That's going to be stunning. Thank you for linking up with the Peacock Party.

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