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Tuesday 28 February 2012

Paper Pleasure, with a hint of OMG...

Part Two of Katy's FPPFTT was posted yesterday, so I got on and made my second block, and thanks to the great teacher, it went without a hitch...



It took me longer to decide on which scraps of fabric to use than it did to sew.  I think I am getting it... when the pieces are numbered!

My only problem was actually pinning the fabric to the paper without it all slipping out of place, so I resorted to pinning from the wrong side, but I know this can't be right; I'm not sure how I'll cope with smaller pieces.

On to today, and I had 2 parcels waiting for me, the first containing my book prize from a recent giveaway over at Ali's Very Berry Handmade


As Ali pointed out at the time, Paris Sewing Cafe - The Sweat Shop Book contains some weird and wonderful makes, and this one was obviously my favourite!


Ali, the honey that she is, also enclosed a few charm squares, some of which were purposefully brown, and lovely!   Pop over now and she's having another lovely giveaway.

My other parcel was from Brit Bee Ceri, requesting paper-pieced food and drink themed blocks for March.  Not having quite the same reaction as last month's request from Jennie, it only took me a couple of minutes, in light of the fact that I am now such a whizz, to figure "I can do that".  Bribery by way of chocolate and fabric certainly helped!
Thank you again ladies for playing with my comfort zone x

19 comments:

  1. The block looks great! Looking forward to seeing what you make food wise!

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  2. Oh no - another week has passed. I have to catch up with Katy`s course on PP.

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  3. Your block is looking good! :-) well done.

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  4. Your block looks great - nothing wrong with pinning from the wrong side, I often do it when FPing! And for smaller pieces you often don't have to pin at all, if you're lucky! I can't wait to see your food and drink block!

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  5. I get around that issue by not pinning. It seems easier somehow...

    And my postie is being particularly slow recently. Can't wait to get my BB parcel!

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  6. I admit I pin quite a way from my sewing line, so it's probably only just hanging on by the grace of God lol I've been discovering today with other things that I don't always need to pin either, it's been quite a revelation! I use a a walking foot though...

    Anywho, the block looks great, can't wait to see you recreating the Flash Gordon set, and I'm sure you can knock out this month's Brit Bee block nae bother now!

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  7. Yeah, not a fan of pinnin to be honest!! I do sometimes... but most of the time not. (dont tell Katy:-)

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  8. Oh I can so see you doing the Flash Gordon in a block. Great job Hadley.

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  9. Oh don't you just love the postie! xx

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  10. Katy is a good teacher. Your block looks perfect

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  11. You'll get the hang of it soon and you probably won't have to think about it all! Hopefully!

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  12. Cute bunnies! You certainly seem to be getting the hang of p.piecing! Well done. Jxo

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  13. Great job on the PP, be 2nd nature soon.

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  14. I find what helps with the pinning is to presew all the seam lines on the paper with an empty needle, they are now easy to fold and easy to pin!

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  15. Great block!
    Looking forward to your Flash Gordon.

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  16. i dont pin now but when i did it was on the sewing side away from the line !!

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  17. Your block looks great! And I often pin the first couple of pieces--and larger pieces because they can tend to flip over. Well, at least that is what happens to me. Fun mail!

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  18. Look at you, PP queen. Your block is gorgeous.
    Loving the little bunnies!

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