FOTY 2012 – Progress

FOTY 2012 Patches
FOTY 2012 Patches

This week’s patches are from the batches I have washed recently. I have been trying to press a few yards as a warm up for my quiltmaking sessions. Trying to do that means that I am making progress on the ironing and cutting.

I was afraid that I just wouldn’t get to the washing and cutting and ironing this year. I know people say that they get so much fabric that they can’t wash it all before they use it anymore. I can’t imagine using a lot of fabric I haven’t washed. The unwashed fabric stinks so when I press it.

As I mentioned, the squares and rectangles are a pleasure to work with so far.

A lot of the black on white prints come from working on the Flowering Snowball. I cut two of the purples (above towards the right side of the photo), because the motif is so large that the pieces I cut look very different from each other. I like that print a lot, especially the background color. We’ll see if I remember once I start arranging and laying out the quilt top.

FOTY 2012 Patches, too
FOTY 2012 Patches, too

There is a lot of white in the prints I have cut so far this year. I wonder if this will be the year of the much lighter quilt? The white doesn’t bother me so much, but we will see once I start arranging.

I also found that I have started to press and cut the larger pieces that have been languishing. In some cases, at TFQ’s suggestion, I am just pressing the edges and leaving the rest of the piece until I use it. Most of them are not very wrinkled, so I think it will work out.

Patches for FOTY 2012
Patches for FOTY 2012

I also have to say that using rectangles and squares makes it much easier to photograph the patches when they are cut.

Author: Jaye

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

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