I am using the Pine Burr pattern from one of Yoko Saito's books and she has a lovely sashing effect. Ms. Saito and her devotees do all their piecing by hand but I have other things I want to make in my lifetime so I thought I'd do her sashing on the sewing machine.
Tiny 2 centimeters in height triangles... It seemed most feasible to make the sashing using the paper piecing technique.
I drew out the pattern on some old computer paper that I had. I stitched through about 8 sheets of paper with a threadless needle. That gives me 8 patterns that I can resew until I have enough paper patterns.
I still have a box of little triangles that my friend gave me... and the white triangles I could sew from a 1 1/2 inch strip. (Do you notice how I mix centimeter and inch measurements? That's why I'm always so confused.) How many strips do I need?...
Let's see. If I make 20 blocks Pine Burr blocks at 30 centimeters each... And I want sashing on all sides... And for each piece of sashing I need two triangle strips... GYAHHHhh! Is that right? I need 98 strips!
And I have 6. Should I give up now or go for it?
And I thought doing this by machine would free me up a bit...
7 comments:
You're on a roll ... go for it! (and don't count again until you are much closer to the goal line)!
Just repeat to yourself that it would take you much longer than hand piecing!
You make me laugh! Go for it! It will go pretty fast when you do a little at a time. Just think of how many scraps you will be using up (and how they will multiply)!!!:)
Keep it in perspective. It would take a really looong time hand piecing them. You are doing great!
They are so tiny! Gasp! But very cute. You have lot of patience, Tanya :)
Go for it! It'll look fantastic!!
素敵です～♪
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