A-12 Framed Fancy

I've redone this frame. I have to move on.

12-0-0-290 

A-11 Pebble's Protest

Nice. Yellow. Chickened out of machine piecing and did it by hand.

 

 Danel-Jane 11-0-0-249

A-10 Which points West

After long deliberation, i decided to do this block by hand. It lies pretty flat, so I am delighted. 10 done.

Danel-Jane 10-0-0-217

A-9 Cabin Fever

Spring in South Africa. Very difficult to get cabin fever. It takes discipline to sit down and not be outside in the beautiful weather. Pretoria must have the best weather EVER!

Versions 1,2,3 and 4 are now being used to line a yuppy bird's nest somewhere in the east of Pretoria. I paper pieced this one. Praise anyone that can do this otherwise. I raise my hat! 

Danel -Jane  9-0-0-203

A-8 Florence Nightingale

In South Africa we had Emily Hobhouse. She performed miracles, like Florence Nightingale. Thank you!

This block was in the box with the first try. That is about time!

Danel-Jane 8-0-0-158

A-7 Dad's Plaits

My first appliqued  block. The leaves have a sexy roll on the one side, but I am pretty pleased. This means I could watch the WP - Lions final of the Currie Cup while doing this. There was a very pleasing  try on the first white leaf. Are these leaves? My dad didn't have plaits. I don't have a problem with dads with plaits. Mine just didn't have them.

Danel-Jane 7-0-0-145

A-6 Uncle Homer

I should have started here. 1st time lucky.

Danel-Jane 6-0-0-137

A5 Cathie's Campfire

Geese! Tine, tiny Geese!  OK. 1,2,3 tries and that will have to suffice!

Danel-Jane 5-0-0-128

A-4 Courtney's Stethoscope

This looks nothing like a stethoscope to me, but  it's done. Pieced. Carefully. Oops! I see now I didn't put in the corners!

Danel-Jane 4-0-0-99

A3 - Hunters Moon

No, I'm not going to applique this. Scratch around for my notes I took in Paul Schutte's class. I must have missed it. I phone Ethelda in Ireland. We decide that the piece that doesn't look to go on top, has to. I try, I fail. I try again, I trash the block. This is my third try. It probably needs a good iron again, but will have to do, for now. I see lots of drunken corners on the rest of the patterns. I'll be able to do this when I'm finished (or die trying)

Danel-Jane 3-0-0-80

A2 - One - Two Buckle My Shoe

It goes slightly better with A2. Meticulously cutting and piecing. Why am I doing this? It sort of looks like the one in the book. I'm on a roll.

Danel-Jane 2-0-0-68

A-1 Pinwheel gone Awry

So I decided to start left top at block A1. Choices, choices. After much deliberation, I decided batik. Bright colours on a neutral base. Around the world, differently.Since this whole project is to hone my piecing skills, I decide to piece as much as possible. No shortcuts. OK it looks terrible. Maybe I should have started with the easier blocks. I didn't.

Danel-Jane 1-0-0-28