Oriental Clamshells Quilt

Hello there!

 

How is your weekend going?

 

I spent a lovely afternoon sewing today, with my fellow Bee Blessed buddies.  The room was a hive of activity as we kicked off the new year getting more quilts ready to gift to those in need of comfort.

 

 

A few months back I made a quilt for Popular Patchwork. They sent me a lovely collection of fabrics called Japanese Garden by Makower.

 

 

When I first saw the fabrics I was a little unsure what to do with them.  There are many motifs and shapes in the fabrics to draw from, flowers, butterflies, dragonflies.

 

 

But I have a bit of a thing about curves (!!) and just had to scratch that itch!

 

As a patchwork and quilting tutor I often come across a fearful response to the mention of curved piecing!

 

 

But the bigger the curves, the easier the piecing!

 

So if you haven’t tried making a drunkard’s path block before, these large scale ones are a great place to start.  I use a ‘no pin’ method, which means you get quickly into a repetitive rhythm piecing the curves.

 

 

This quilt is currently in the January issue of Popular Patchwork …..

 

 

…. and it is also hanging up in my new classroom.

 

 

So my new students had better beware!  I’m hatching a plan that involves ‘curves’! After all, real women have curves!

 

Keep sewing!