Heading in to April I'm ready to start some planting, but it's really too soon, this morning it was only 32 degrees, brrr!
Our front mulch is down, thank you Shipping Department! And I'm READY to plant .. but need to wait. Next best thing is a visit to the Garden Center, so our 14th block celebrates that Heaven on Earth filled with lovely flowers!
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- I never cut edge to edge, that is wasteful. Unless a pattern tells you to do that, cut only what you need. This is what my fabric looks like at this point. And I'll be using up almost all of that dark purple.
- All the triangles cut with my Gemini Die Cut
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For the center I layered the fabric right sides together so I could cut and sew.
For the rest of the blocks I layered the word print and the purple to cut all the triangles.
There is very little left of the purple.
I think about the shape I'm cutting and how I can layer it for effective use. My video shows you how I did some of the triangles from the corner of the fabric.
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5 Responses
Hi Pat
Your photo of Block #14 includes, a spool of purple thread and a pair of scissors with wide finger openings. I’m wondering if you could provide info on brand and/or source for the scissors. These look like a good size to keep beside my sewing machine. Due to old age/arthritis, I have very large thumb joints making my old faithful embroidery scissors too small to comfortably use now. Thank you. I’m looking forward to your Fireside Chat this evening!
cool!
Kits are made to be cut in a very frugal manner. That way we keep the cost reasonable. I’m looking forward to buying flowers!
Our Garden Center is a Small Farm Store . They have everything for your garden all local including plant starts
I’m glad you answered the question about cutting from the kit fabric. This is the first time I’ve used a kit so I was worried about having enough. My daffodils survived the freeze and soon it will be planting season. What to plant🤔 Will be the next question!