Patchwork progress (ArtMonth 3)

[kerravonsen]

I am so tired and my back aches, but I guess that's because I did a lot, though it doesn't feel like it.

While listening to two whole DW audio plays, this is what I did:
* cut out all the pattern pieces (jacket and trousers, though I'm intending on just the jacket)
* ironed the tissue flat, folded them up and put them in a large envelope (larger than what they came in)
* ironed many small green scraps
* found the last remaining bit of the patchwork left over from my jerkin, and used that as a starting point; sewed on two pieces, ironing the seams flat after each piece
* ironed a very crushed large navy blue piece
* trimmed one edge of the patchwork in preparation for the next piece, but decided to stop there

Comments

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed. While I was listening to my new Cds I... err...

I call it resting my eyes {g}

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

I bow to you. And it is only a beginning!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

How do you do the patchwork--in squares, or in randomly-shaped pieces?

[kerravonsen]

Randomly shaped pieces. Most of the scraps I'm using have odd shapes. I sew them together on straight edges, and then trim the resultant hodge-podge to have a straight edge: lather, rinse, repeat.

I just looked up crazy quilting on wikipedia, and it looks as if I'm not quite doing that, since I'm not sewing patches onto a base, I'm just sewing them together. Oh well. Either that or the article is incomplete, which is just as likely.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Cool! I like the randomness.

[infiniteviking]

Sounds nice! ^__^