Mosaic patchwork is this months project, it is stitched over papers and is often referred to as English Paper Piecing (EPP). Most block designs can be pieced over papers, but quilters nowadays often prefer to use the sewing machine for speed. There were 2 designs to choose from, one a bit more complicated than the other. Instructions. When making up these designs they can be pieced as blocks with background pieces or leave out the background and applique your design to a background square.
There is also a technique based on using small pieces of fabric as tiles with stitching as the 'grout', a small project is included in the link, see picture at the end of this post. For anyone wanting to try the fabric tile technique, I would recommend checking out the many tutorials available on YouTube.
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| 2 designs based on crosses |
The majority of participants chose the more complicated design, with green being a popular colour.
Several participants had decided to finish a WIP.
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| MM UFO from Carolyn Forster workshop |
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| AP background hexagons |
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| LB Kawandi |
The results from last months appliqué project were on display. We plan to make these up into a Linus quilt. We are grateful to our participants for donating their work to group projects, as is Liz Powderham (our local Project Linus coordinator) when we present her with one of these quilts.
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| CE making up a cot quilt with some orphan blocks she was given. |
We had some quilts for 'Show and Tell'.
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| Linus quilts from HM |
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| Group quilt on a Seaside theme, made up by CD |
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| Mosaic card |
