A friend, Janet, saw the post and decided to have a go. I saw her blocks yesterday and realised this was a method I hadn't covered either in the previous post, or as a class sample!
Janet's blocks (pinned together *very* roughly by me) inspired me, so I decided to copy:
I had a pack of a dozen batik charms from Plum for Christmas sitting on my work bench, and the black from the cars quilts was still there, so I had a play this afternoon
I drew, with my trustie Flixon pen, 5" circles onto the batik, and cut them out, then placed each one on a black square, and stitched them together, all the way round
I cut out the black circle too then cut a 1" slit in the batik near the edge, and pulled the fabric through. I shaped it and pressed it, then drew a 3" square in the centre of each circle (the best fit of an edge to edge square)
I pinned the strips together making sure I matched the lines back and front
I stitched the seams, then pressed the petals open. Can you guess the " deliberate" mistake? Yep, all the frixon marks have now vanished!
Luckily the frixon pen leaves a slight scratch mark on the batik - usually a pain but this time it was an advantage so I was able to stitch the rows together, then press the new petals open too.
I rather like the scollopd edges but I hadn't thought it through and and some of the turning slits are at the edges, so I had to press over the outer petals too - luckily I rather like it like this too
Not sure what will happen to this next, but for now it's a very pretty sample for my class.
Thank you Janet, and thank you Plum
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