TRADITIONAL ‘PIECING’ METHODS
LOG CABIN METHOD
The following are my paper samples which I made from commercial papers and some of my own printed papers. I am not really a patch worker and quilter so I have only made a couple of log cabin squares in the past. I found this an interesting exercise because it was interesting to see how the designs developed.
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I then did the following pieces in fabric on the basis of my paper samples.
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I was intending to do a couple more samples but once I had done these I had to go to hospital for my surgery and now I am not able to use my sewing machine for a few weeks. The other problem was that my sewing machine decided to throw a wobbly and desperately needed a service, so that has been done during my convalescence.
SEMINOLE METHOD
I did some research in relation to this method as I didn’t know much about it, and I found it interesting to read about the history and development of the designs. The following are my paper samples – because they are pasted on to white paper the edges of the white squares get a bit lost, e.g. the top sample has a white strip below the black one:-
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And the following are my fabric samples. I did those outlined in the notes and the last one was one I created from my left over fabrics. There is the same problem with the white fabric not showing up well against the white background. It is not something I thought of until I saw the scans. Also some of them look a bit wonky, so I will have to be more careful and make sure they are straight when I scan them because they are not really that uneven.
For this sample I used some of the left over pieces from my log cabin and Seminole samples to create another piece of fabric.
This sample was too big to go under the scanner so I did it in two halves, but the two sections don’t join up exactly. If I was very clever I could edit the scans to stitch them together – but I’m not! I found it interesting in this chapter the way new designs developed when I started experimenting with the various shapes.
This is the centre section.
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