Tuesday, July 12, 2011

'once a weaver always a weaver'

This was sort of a Sampler for myself. First time I used Charm Squares (Andover 5" squares I received as some promotional thing).

Used them to teach myself the high speed HST (Half Square Triangles as shown at Fons & Porter, among others I'm sure).

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The fabrics seem themed sort of colonial type period reproduction.

The package included some squares of what I know to be called 'Yarn Dyes', but Quilters seem to call 'Homespuns'. Made for interesting blocks I thought.

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Was sort of fast & fun work w/ the squares & a rotary cutter.

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I ended up entering it into a Show a year ago last Fall whose theme was Recycling. This seemed interesting, almost as if the Charm Squares were manufactured approximations of scraps accummulated over a life time.

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