I have decided to do blocks and triangle together as boredom started to creep in. I am using alternate coloured background to add some depth to the blocks.
I am doing the sashing at the same time as the blocks, this was one of the lessons that I learnt whilst doing the Dear Jane. The second lesson was to ensure that all of the paper was out of the pieces and that each piece was re-sized at the end of making it.
Here are two of the triangle, the rest are on my Sampler tab. I will try to add all the pieces as I make them. It is fun to see how a quilt comes together after the fact.
The triangles are being made with contrasting colours. I was shown a cute trick of finding the contrasting colour using Paint.
All you do is highlight an area, and then right click and select the contrast. Now all I need do is find the corresponding colours. I need to see if there is a formula for me to work out which colour I should use for the background to these blocks.
The weather has turned extremely rainy and freezing, all of the lovely peach blossoms are now on the ground. I love the rain as all of the trees are now showing their leaves. The are tiny and as yet have not unfurled. Hopefully they enjoy the cold snap before the heat of summer.
Hope you all have an amazing weekend full of things that you want to do and not just things you have to do.
Have a good one!
These are so pretty. I like your idea of putting up pictures of the parts as you make them. It will be so much fun to follow your progress. Thanks for the tip about using Paint to find the contrasting color. I need to check that out.
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