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<\/a>There were 4 techniques for \u2018creating fabric\u2019 and we started right in with the curved piecing. Choose 4 fabrics; layer them and freehand cut 3 curves. Shuffle them and sew your blocks. Stack and repeat cutting 3 more freehand curves the opposite direction; then shuffle and piece together. So here\u2019s my first block. Oops! It came out perfect. I don\u2019t think I could have matched the corners so well if I tried! Weird; I was supposed to offset the pieces and to make it more interesting. To remedy this, it was suggested that I add in a fifth fabric. Hmm, the other three blocks are slightly more fun with their blue\/with stripes. Now do I make a throw quilt or 4 pillows? The peanut gallery says pillows!<\/p>\nThe third technique is a quilt block called Tessellating Windmills. I really like this one as a large pillow and will think more about making a full or queen quilt. Fun!<\/p>\n I really didn\u2019t quite figure out the last technique for making heart blocks. Mine was all wonky and not in a good way. I pressed the heck out of it and it lies almost flat. Oh well. Funny, these all seemed destined for pillows. At least they are finished! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Late March, I took a \u2018create fabric using curved piecing\u2019 workshop at the last minute. I\u2019ve never tried to sew curves (intentionally) before and this seemed like it might be new and exciting. There were 4 techniques for \u2018creating fabric\u2019 … Continue reading <\/a>For the second technique, cut a wider length of fabric basically in half and sew a long wedge of a second fabric in between the two. Now, slice up the layers into various widths, shuffle and piece them back together. Again, I found my blues to be boring, until I added thin red stripes. This could have been a skirt (albeit a short one!), but it makes a nifty pillow.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n