Was that a dinosaur? 2.0

Don’t wait for the perfect project!

Describe your life in an alternate universe.

This video made me think about my fabric stash.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/886507096044277?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V

Collage of 2 photos On the left my hall cupboard holding fabric in 3 sizes of boxes:- 8 small, 3 medium on the bottom shelf, and 4 large on the top shelf. The 7 small boxes to the left on the bottom shelf are full of various English Paper Piecing papers, and acrylic templates for various patterns/ projects. On the right are boxes of fabric by my favourite designer 2 large, and 2 medium. Both large boxes and one of the medium contains various complete fabric collections. The top medium box contains random fabrics from old collections and strips and scraps left over or currently in use. On the very top is a small box containing scraps being basted onto hexagon papers for a scrappy quilt.
So much fabric.

In my alternate universe I would have been brave enough to cut into my precious fabric earlier. I wouldn’t agonise for weeks and months about what project to make. Or about fussy cutting fabric.

Top left fussy cut flower from the elephant fabric on 6 half hexagons. Top middle fussy cut wave on orange background on 6 half hexagons Top right fussy cut shrimp, and tropical foliage on 6 half hexagons. Middle right lion faces on 6 half hexagons Bottom right a complete block made with 6 half hexagons of a bear’s face made from foliage forming a waterwheel shape that is turned into a hexagon by adding 6 equilateral triangles into the gaps around the edges (the fabric is yellow and gold and primed with hexagons) Bottom left (large photo) the half yard of lion fabric (orange lion heads with full manes in a victory horseshoe shaped wreath on a sandy background) has 6 half hexagons cut out along the bottom edge and a diamond on the left hand side. This leaves 10 of the lions uncut. The elephant fabric below it has the 6 hexagons cut on the floral motif and 4 diamonds cut from elephants. The way it’s cut means there are only 3 complete elephants left and there are wholes on the edge and in the middle of the fabric. It looks more wasteful.
Fussy cut fabric can make amazing patterns in a block.

Of course it was easier to fussy cut from the fabrics I had half a yard of (shrimps and bears) rather than the wave of which I only had a fat quarter (half a yard cut in half). The lion and elephant I have another uncut yard left which made the the fussy cutting even easier.

Plus I love the kaleidoscopic patterns made when sewing together fabrics cut on the same part of a fabric repeat.

The technique is fully explained in this post .

Fussy cutting is magic

So yes I think in an alternate universe I want to be more decisive, and ready to use my fabric to make projects that I love.

Until next time

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