Friday, March 18, 2016

The Daisy Chain Quilt - An English Paper Piecing Project ~ Part 3


It is time for a Daisy Chain Quilt update - my slow sewing project. As you can see I have started sewing together the Daisy Chain units in rows. I am joining the individual units with a connecting diamond shape. All sides of the diamond are 2" in length to match the surrounding shapes.


I arranged all of the 150 Daisy Chain units on the design floor into 12 rows, then played with the layout. Once I was happy with the overall balance of colors I collected all units for each row, placed those units in order into separate snap lock bags - one bag for each row - numbered the bags and started working on joining units into rows and then sewing rows together.


I quickly realized that this was going to be quite a task. The papers make the long rows difficult to handle and I wasn't comfortable yet with removing too many of the papers. I then worked out that I could do a lot of preparation prior to joining the Daisy Chain  units together. I have since been sewing three diamonds to each Daisy Chain unit prior the units joining into rows (see photo directly above). All rows except for the last row will be prepared in this way.


The Daisy Chain Quilt ~ An English Paper Piecing Project
Fabrics: from Stash and 
Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in White for the connecting diamond shape.


Pictured here today are rows 1 to 4 from a total of 12 rows. I am a third of the way through sewing the quilt top together. That's exciting but also daunting for I know how much time was spent on completing just these four rows. But I am still enjoying the process and watching this quilt slowly come together. 


I will continue to take it one day at a time and one stitch at a time, and plan to show you the progress on this quilt when the first 8 rows have been completed. 

Thank you for stopping by,
Rita

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26 comments:

  1. Squeeee!! I am so excited to see this come together!
    Are you sewing this together in 1/3's and then joining the sections together? When I hand pieced diamonds last summer (with no papers), I found it helpful to deal with the bulk that way. Not too shabby for a beginning. Thank you so very much for yours tips and inspiration!

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  2. This is wonderful, colorful and fun!

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  3. This is wonderful, colorful and fun!

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  4. Rita this is truly a masterpiece in my eyes... Just vibrant and wonderful... It would brighten anyone's day...❤️❤️

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  5. I am extremely curious as to how this will be quilted!!

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  6. fabulous! took me some time to figure out what you were doing here... you are one patient and persevering lady!

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  7. Amazing! This inspires me to learn how to English Paper piecing (and looks like a great way to do some scrap-busting).

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  8. I an an English Paper Piecing journey, too, https://forestmoordesigns.wordpress.com/ but with far less ambitious things! I think this is lovely; so fresh looking. It's important to take your time so it doesn't get to feel like a terrible chore. I wonder how many different fabrics you used.

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  9. so so pretty ! thanks for sharing

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  10. Quite an ambitious project! Looks GREAT!!

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  11. I still want to know your secret to hidden stitches! 👍😀

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    1. Thanks Dolores - no secret :-) I am whip stitching using The Bottom Line Thread by Superior Threads and a Size 11 Straw Needle (long thin needle) - tiny stitches.

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  12. This is the most astoundingly beautiful creation I have ever seen. I hope you keep this always and do not put it on the common market. (You could never recoup the cost of making it).
    Ellie
    elliefpw@sbcglobal.net

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    1. Thank you so much! You're right! I will be keeping this one.

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  13. So amazingly pretty! Your work is like an artist painting the Mona Lisa but you use fabric!

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  14. I'm amazed and I don't think this qualifies as a slow sewing project- you're making such fast progress!

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    1. I'm also amazed at the riot of different fabrics that work together cohesively- this is a real talent of yours. I know you have LOTS of practice at this but I'm not sure what makes it work. Is it the white you always have? Do you do something consciously to bring all the variety together?

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  15. So pretty! I just started my EPP project. I have a feeling mine won't nearly be as fast as yours.

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  16. Your fussy cutting is inspiring. Beautiful.

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  17. Just beautiful! I am frequently amazed at how fast you are at piecing by machine, but you're also speedy when you're "slow sewing"! So impressed!

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  18. Coming together beautifully!

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  19. It took me 10 years to sew together a very similar EPP project. Soooo you are doing great.

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  20. Wow!! Love it; always love seeing the fabrics you use.

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  21. It's looking great. I enjoy your fussy cutting, especially a few from prints I recognize.

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