BTW, you might want to click on each one to get the full color effect. Much better than these little pictures.
I find it very interesting to see how each fabric plays out in a small piece. The last picture has 3 different batiks. The center hexie is fairly plain. You can see it in the middle pic with the narrow blades. But the fabric in the wide blades is complex, and you only see snippets of it in the block. I love the serendipity of it all. I don't much like to plan everything out; it's too controlled for me.
And for those of you who didn't have bad weather the other day, here's the bird feeder with little icicles hanging off it. I'm done with winter!
And the ice pattern on the porch windows. It's cute how the ice and the screens played with each other, rather like my haphazard fabric selections.
It's cold and very windy here today with icy places on the front walk and driveway. I'm staying in.
Judy in WA asked my about batiks and such, and after I mailed her my answer, I thought that I'd also post it here.
It's not
hard to stitch regular quilting fabric, but batiks can be a little
difficult. Not all of them, just the ones with lots of colors and the
stiffer ones. Still, these are short seams, so I can rest between
them. And they are such fun.
I place my fabrics on top of each other so I get an idea of how they
will interact, and they look completely different once they are
actually stitched to each other. Some of the blocks look overly busy to
me, but then I surround them with the plainer ones, and they give it
that pop that I like.
3 comments:
:) your done with winter - but is winter done with you? Love all the little blocks - I do like you and work 30 minutes here or there or less off and on all day and evening - can get a lot done that way hopping from one project to the next using different motions with the hands and fingers
Oh My, I think I want these shapes for my next hexi projects. Your blocks are wonderful. How is it hand stitching batiks? Not that bad is it???
Your cursing makes me giggle. Yes, I curse. Too often. Snow belongs in the mountains! Not in my yard. :)
Love your hexagon "plates" so cute--i like mixing batiks with regular fabrics...we have a mountain of icey snow by our driveway entrance--aaargh--not a fan of Winter..hugs, Julierose
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