New Class Project: Drunkard’s Path

Happy April to you all!

Well despite it being ‘Spring’ with sweet crocuses in full bloom in my garden, today I drove through snow showers with 2 degrees registered on my dashboard! Brrrrrrr!

So let’s leave the present for now, and think ahead 1 week instead, when hopefully the weather will be much better as my new term of classes start up again after the Easter break!

For a while now I’ve been threatening exhorting my ladies to confront their fears and give curved piecing a try!

So we’ve decided to get our ‘big girl’ pants on and jump in to this exciting new technique!

I will be teaching the ‘no pin’ method of curved piecing, as well as how to trim a drunkard’s path unit to achieve different effects.

Small Projects:

For those who want to make a smaller project, I have designed and written several patterns.

‘Ripples’ Cushion:

In this cushion you can use up lots of your colourful scraps, alternate with just a few colours, or use a different fabric in each ‘ripple’ as I have done here.

The cute ditsy fabrics I’ve used here are ‘Katie Jane’ by Makower, which were leftovers from this quilt project.

Pattern available here.

‘Baubles’ Table Runner & Mats:

There are 5 ‘bauble’ shapes in this runner, but you could easily add more or less to suit your table.  Wouldn’t this be lovely in Christmas fabrics for a festive table dressing!

The pattern includes instructions on how to make & attach bias binding, and 4 complimentary mats.

Pattern available here.

‘In The Round’ Heart Cushion:

I love the versatility of the drunkard’s path block, and the heart shape in this pom pom trimmed cushion is a great example.

For the background I have used Essex Yarn Dyed Linen (Flax) (available to purchase here).

Pattern available here.

Quilt Projects:

And for those ladies who want to ‘go large’ here are my quilt designs:

Butterfly Garden Quilt:

The drunkard’s path block here creates pretty wing/petal shapes, a lovely way to showcase your floral fabrics and some echo quilting.

Pattern available here.

Autumn Garden Quilt:

By not trimming the drunkard’s path units, you can get a different effect, as shown in this lap quilt.

I’ve used Essex Yarn Dyed Linen (Denim) as the background in this quilt (available to purchase here).

Pattern available here.

Drunken Hearts Quilt:

Just like the ‘In The Round’ Heart Cushion, this quilt is made from drunkard’s path heart blocks.

For the background of this quilt I have used Essex Yarn Dyed Linen (Black) available to purchase here.

Pattern avaialable here.

I have two more quilt examples of drunkard’s path variations, the patterns for which I hope to be able to make available soon.

Wow! That was a long post!  Thank you for sticking with all my ‘curves’!

If you would like to learn how to make drunkard’s path units (& all of these projects) & have a lot of fun along the way, then why not join in with our other crazy creatives and register for our class starting w/c 9th April. More details on classes available here.

Happy curving!