Sunday, February 3, 2013

Heritage Quilt Blocks 2 and 3

Blocks 2 and 3 of the Heritage Quilt I wrote about in this post.

I struggled for many months with Block 2 as I just could not decide what to do next.  During the December holidays I decided this was another unfinished object that just had to be finished.

The block is constructed with all the different fabrics used in the quilt and a bit of embroidery.  Netting is placed on top of the block and cut away in certain places to create different textures.  Not one of my favourite blocks I'm afraid...

The embroidered squares of Block 3 was also done on 4 different fabrics.

How many irons does a quilter need?

Well obviously not only one.  When travelling to classes, small handy travel irons are a handy tool or purpose-built quilting irons which ar...