I'm happy to do it, but since it will be over lunchtime (people can drop in and sew for a while anytime between 12 and 2, depending on their work schedule) worried about what can realistically be achieved?
I decided that since I am a teacher, and all the people at my workplace deal with children, a children's charity quilt might be a good place to start. I wanted something which would be easy to hand sew, and not be hexagons!
My solution is to do some string blocks in pink, so that there will be a uniformity to them. I wanted to do multicoloured blocks, but thought that people new to patchwork might find it easier to stick to one colour at a time.
I have cut some squares of lightweight Vilene and marked the diagonal on them.
Then I cut lots of pink scraps into strips. The idea is that you lay a strip along the diagonal line, and then sew another one on top, flip and continue until you have covered the Vilene.
I have made a few blocks so that people can see what they are aiming for. I did them on the machine, rather than by hand, but it'll be the same.
I'll let you know whether it is a success or not in a couple of weeks.
3 comments:
That's a very clever idea for something that people of all levels of talent and experience can have input to - after all even the least adept can stitch a running stitch along a drawn line
Sounds like it will work. Are you bringing a sewing machine just in case someone is ambitious? You know there will be ONE person who will ;o)
it's a great idea and I want to assure you it works fine, with sewers of all skill level. I did the same string piecing idea with children in grades 4, 5, and 6 and it was great. I machine sewed the patches together, lined the quilt, and then we tied it. You can see it (its called a river quilt, because it represents a river) on my blog at http://scrapsandstrings.blogspot.com
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