{"id":1499,"date":"2010-10-05T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T23:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/05\/i-have-a-new-project\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T11:47:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T19:47:53","slug":"i-have-a-new-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/05\/i-have-a-new-project\/","title":{"rendered":"I have a new project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you seen the current issue of American Quilter<\/i><\/a>? If you have, you may have seen the article by Renae Merrill, called “Swirling Branches”. In it, she explains her method of paper piecing and provides a free pattern for a holiday wall hanging. I’ve been interested in her technique of skewing blocks for interesting effects, so I’ve started that pattern — though I’m still using Carol Doak’s method for the actual paper piecing. It works for me, so why change, right? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I’ve run out of Carol’s paper, so I’ll need to go buy more to finish printing out the foundations, but I got a good start today on one block and its mirror image. Here’s what a single block looks like:<\/p>\n

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It really has a lot of movement, doesn’t it? By the way, the block isn’t supposed to be square, so no worries there. \ud83d\ude09 Now here’s what a pair of these looks like together:<\/p>\n

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 Can you see how the red and yellow pieces will resemble lights at the tips of tree branches? No? LOL! It might be a bit soon for that, I’ll admit. Now I have fourteen more blocks like these, but in gradually smaller sizes, to make, as well as adding some other pieces to square things up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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