Beleive it or not, I had never done foundation piecing before yesterday. I picked up some of the Patchwork Place 'foundation papers' figuring that they were the translucent stuff I had seen others use, but it is pretty much just copy paper (at least on first inspection) so I feel kind of ripped off.
Anway, I got most of the first block (of 5) pieced and appliqued! I thought of using invisible thread and a zig zag stitch, but opted for actually ironing under a seam allowance and putting a row of straight stich applique down along the inside edge of each piece instead.
I'm using a lot of mottled fabrics in this peice, and I'm not really sure I made the right choices in terms of which bits to cut for which pieces, but I'm confident that I will be at least mostly happy with the resulting piece.
I had originally thought that I'd be using fusibles on this piece, but I don't really like the stiffness, even for a wall hanging. This change in plans means I'm thinking differently about the quilting/embellishing process (I know, I know, me? Embellish? Yeah, I'm considering it; esp gold beads. Go die of surprise somewhere else.)
Anyway, if some Plains tribes could do rain dances, I may have just done sun quilting - the sky is blue, the puddles are drying up, and the sun is shining in my east studio window, so I'm off to work.
BTW - got the new cable hooked up yesterday, so I got to watch Simply Quilts for the first time in well over a year. (I got TONS done without having a TV, but missed the images...)
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