A year and a half or so ago I started work on a scrappy Double Wedding Ring quilt. I made a couple of arcs then stalled. Last year my friend Kaelin hosted a Double Wedding Ring quilt along on her blog. I thought, at the time, "Perfect! This will get me going again with my work." But, that didn't happen either. While mom was working on her quilt top here after Christmas, I took the time I had to do a little more work. The scrappiness and paper piecing made it easier to put down and pick-up as needed while I worked with my mom. Besides the scrap bin was finally so full I couldn't get the lid on any longer!
Now I'm hooked. I spent time Saturday piecing, sewing, cutting, and ironing. I just love busywork. There's something about it that makes me feel like I both have time for my (constant) inner dialog and that I'm accomplishing something. I'd have gotten more completed, but I ran out of paper arcs. Bummer.
So do you think I spent the time I had after I ran out of paper arcs to get the laundry done this weekend?
No.
2 comments:
a paper pieced DWR?! LOVE it! I did one about 20 years ago, and used templates. It's still my all-time fave quilt, and I think it would be awesome to make another in FMF when it's re-released! Where did you get your paper piecing templates?
Hi Karin! Thanks for leaving a comment.
When I originally went looking on-line to find a paper pieced Double Wedding Ring I found two.
One from McCalls:http://www.mccallsquilting.com/patterns/details.html?idx=6913
And the one I'm using from Free Spirit: http://www.freespiritfabric.com/graphic-elements/gallerys/t97_1.pdf
I'm glad I chose the Free Spirit version because that's what Kaelin used with her quilt along, but I may (someday) try the Mc Call's version.
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