This month we were trying out 3D effects in fabric. Attic Window blocks are often thought to be complicated, due to the inset seam. This demonstration showed how easy they are to stitch. There were only seven participants this month, six of them having a go in class and the seventh trying it out at home.
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| Examples from MW, LE, IM, DG, CH, AB |
We tried a small window 3 inch finished size. The idea was to make four blocks and join them together into a 6 inch finished square. Not everyone managed more than one, but they all made good Attic Windows.
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| These three examples MW, LE, CD (demonstrator) |
Although we stitched them by hand, they can also be stitched by machine just as easily. Click here for instructions.
The other demo was for Hollow Boxes (tutor box 17) from Heather Hasthorpe and Helen Howes both members of the Modern Quilt Group of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles (QGBI) These also give a 3D effect but without using inset seams. Below is an example, the instructions can be found here www.mqgb.org.uk/tutorboxes.html
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| Hollow boxes (tutor box 17) |
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| Cat blankets HM |
Finally another Linus quilt was on it's way to Liz our local coordinator.
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| Linus quilt LE |