taking the tumblers for a turn

The tumblers are all sewn together, so today I called into the patchwork store near Nanny and Grandad and picked up a nice piece for the borders.  I had planned on black or chocolate - but upon viewing, that was definitely a bring on the muffled drums moment.  My goodness, it was very gloomy - so I hunted through their $15 for a 2.5 metre piece section - my favourite! - and found two contenders.

One was a Charleston fabric - kind of aqua with a tiny all-over floral pattern, so right heritage - the other was from a range I’ve not come across before called something about kimonos.  But it was a very small neat repeating pattern and it just looked great!  So I got it.

So after dinner (which was yuck and how unfair is it that we have to wash up yuck dinners - that just adds insult to injury) - I pulled out the tumblers, performed my sneaky, where’s-my-spirit-of-adventure trick and sliced down the sides of the tumblers to make them straight rather than cut out and stitch onthe ridiculously tiddly pieces the original pattern called for.  Tee! hee! hee! - it worked a treat.

Then on with some kimono - 2 inches - and then it was chop, chop, chop, piece, piece, piece for the next border.

Honestly - do we really like 1 1/2 inch squares - especially ones that we have to draw lines down the centre of?  I felt a wee bit confused as I sat there, cheerfully sewing all these little squares across the corners - is this a pleasurable activity in itself?  Or are we just so addicted to the beauty of the fabric and the gorgeous richness of the finished product that we don’t care, and no longer notice that we spend 2 hours sewing 58 tiddly squares across corners. Must be good - I sat there and did it! :-)

When my fiddliness was done, I realised I had created rather odd looking flying geese.  I had initially thought to cut the corners of the short end - but that would have required even smaller squares and that just would not give me my jollies.  So I plonked them across the long sides instead - and now I have flying pigs!  Clearly they’re not geese - there’s no pointy bits!

However, despite their contentious genus, I am very fond of the flying critters - I think they look super dooper, even if I may say so myself.

Now - another 2 inches on the outside?  Maybe 3?  Definitely NOT!  Only 1.  Just 1.  1 is good.

Ta! Da!  (that’s Julian holding it up - it’s now midnight and he’s just come home from work drinks - holding up the quilt was a do-able task)

I LOVE it!  There’s not a muffled drum or black gloved policeman to be seen.  Nup - definitely a joyful choir instead!  The reproduction richness is really set off nicely by the soft blue and purple of the kimono fabric.  Don’t know how I will turn the corners yet - I’m sure it will let me know when I get there.

Now these …

I’m not going to do anything with them.  They are hideously little.  But I just can’t throw them away.  Hmmmmm….. 

 

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