I’ve been making this patchwork quilt. It’s done the traditional way- the hexagons are hand-sewn round paper templates, and then hand-sewn together to make the rosettes, and then joined up to make a quilt. All the fabrics are recycled- either old clothes/bedsheets or scraps of leftover fabric.
I’ve been stuck indoors with endless tonsilitis lately, so I’ve got a fair bit more made of this. I’ve been making it every now and then since Christmas. Only 400 or so hexagons for one double sized quilt.
Yeah you take it out right at the last minute- you leave it in until everything is sewn up, so the edges stay exact and meet up properly. It’s called English Paper Piecing, there are loads of tutorials and printable templates on the internet. (I learnt from my nan).
For a couple of weeks earlier this year I had it in my head to start making bronze sculptures, but some cursory research made it seem like it might be difficult to reach the temperatures necessary to melt bronze in my flat…very disappointing
did a lot of embroidery for the first half of this year. my hands generally get worse in the colder months (arthritis and raynaud’s. the arthritis is rheumatoid too, so certain tasks aren’t pleasant at all to do because of eroded joints etc.). think i’m gonna get back into making zines.
reckon i have to get talking to people on twitter in order to actually start some of the projects i want to do.
oh yeah. haven’t got the sewing machine out all year. need to hem a pair of jeans and seam a dress. would probably take all of 30 minutes but keep putting it off ¯\ _ (ツ) _ /¯
