Saturday, November 10, 2012

Crafturday- The Elegance of the (Paper-Pieced) Hedgehog

Here's a little thing I made, a 4x6 paper pieced hedgehog. The pattern came from Sewhooked.com and their collection of cute paper piecing patterns. I embroidered a message on the back (it's a gift) and finished it with a 2 1/5 inch binding like a regular little quilt. I want to make another one now!

I've been doing a lot of sewing lately. A long time ago, I pieced blocks for a queen-sized, double Irish chain quilt. When I realized how big it was going to be, I got a little freaked out and left the blocks in a pile for a long time. I ressurected it about two weeks ago and have been piecing the blocks into rows, and the rows into sections. It is nine rows down so I've been sewing units of three rows. I'm almost done with the third section, and then I'll piece them together. At that point, I'll take a picture and show you. I still need to find border fabric and a backing. I have a queen-sized Alpaca batting for it, just waiting to be used!

6 comments:

rhapsodyinbooks said...

How adorable! It would make a great book jacket for the book! :--)

bookspersonally said...

Wow! it's great. What a lovely gift, I especially like the idea of adding a message to the back. Good luck with the quilting, I so admire you for taking it on! Beautiful but daunting, but sounds much more manageable in sections.

Mary said...

How very sweet he is! I love him. :) And good for you for doing lots of sewing. I want to teach myself, but i continually procrastinate...

Anna said...

That's the cutest thing, and I'm sure the recipient will love it!

Vasilly said...

That is just too cute!

Megan said...

Aw, it's so cute! I'm so jealous of all you crafty book bloggers and all the great stuff you make.