Week 42

Am "dyeing" (hahahhaha) to show you my week 43, but lets not jump the gun here. Lets finish off with week 42. Week 42 was a mixed bag, with some entrelac knitting and some fabric folding.

This is easier than it looks. You take a circle, and a square. The square's corners must touch the edges of the circle. Cut out a freezer paper circle. I used perspex templates. Iron the shiny side of the freezer paper onto the back of the fabric. Cut around the circle, leaving a bit more than a 1/4 inch all around. Thread a strong thread and run a running stitch around the edge of the fabric - be careful, if it frays, use fraycheck. Then pull up the thread to gather the raw edge closely around circle. Iron in place. You can now remove the freezer paper, unless you aren't ready to stitch, in which case leave it in so it holds its shape.

Then take the square shape, and cut a square of batting and a square of fabric for the inside piece. Once you have removed the freezer paper from the circle, lay first the batting in the centre (on the wrong side of the circle) and then put the fabric, right side facing you, on top. You will then fold the edges of the circle over the square, to hide the edges of the square, using a running stitch to secure - I used a perle hand dyed embroidery thread from House of Embroideries.

And TA DA you have a beautiful Japanese folded block, that is PRE-QUILTED! You join them by using a tiny ladder stitch, so you do not get a ridge.

Look what my man has been doing in his man cave, armed with manly airbrush...

for a novice airbrusher, i think he is pretty damn good. all that dormant talent, lying wasted all these years. well he sure is making up for lost time, i don't see him all night!

So, week 42 is done and dusted....go to week 43 and read on...just fulfilled a long time dream of mine, dyeing my own fabric.

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