With my To Do List from yesterday completed (well mostly, I
didn’t vacuum) I decided it was time to sew. And sew I did.
Perusing the list of yet-to-be-done quilt blocks in The
Desperate Housewife’s Quilt being hosted by Jane over at Want it, Need it,
Quilt! (quiltjane.blogspot.com), I decided on block seventeen also titled Swing
Me Around on the Hills Hoist. This was another foundation pieced block and
while I’m not that big of a fan of perfection, seeing those tight points and
perfectly aligned corners did give me a thrill. Perhaps this foundation piecing
technique is growing on me!
In case you are unfamiliar, foundation piecing is using a
printed paper design to aid in creating the block. All of your lines and angles
are on the paper and you simply place your fabric where you need to sew and sew
along the lines. It’s pretty simple and straight forward. Also, it’s super easy
because you don’t have any exact pieces to cut out, you just have to use a
piece of fabric that will fit within the design and trim after it is stitched
together.
For my block, I chose two colorful batiks and made the Hills
hoist itself from black and white fabrics that I’ve been using in various other
blocks in this series. I was going to try to make it with a variation on a
color, but couldn’t decide which one would work, so to make it easy went with
black and white. The result is a block that is super fun and was super easy to
make.
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