Improv....Technique 7.....Blocks Pieced

These are the freestyle cut and pieced blocks:

I finished up the blocks yesterday...

I need my work table cleared off,

so I pieced them together into a top today:

I don't think it needs a border treatment...

but I will think on it for awhile.

These colors and shapes remind me of my

Fiestaware Dishes

It was super frosty this morning...

check out the sunrise in the back yard:

We had to bundle up good before we 

headed across the river to feed the cattle.....brrrr.

We have 52 new calves on the ground

with lots more to go !

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LuAnn

Improv.....Technique 7...Continued

I have continued to 

freestyle cut and piece curves...

I layer several hand dyes...

draw organic shapes with a chalk marker...

freehand cut the shapes

I shuffle the pieces so each block is different

After stitching, there is always some trimming

to square up the block...

I am really trying to vary the shapes...

This is what the work table looks like:

This color story is working

Most of these are 10 to 12 inch blocks...

Freestyle Curves.....yummy FUN

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LuAnn

Improv....Technique 7

Curves....Freestyle Cutting and Piecing

I pulled a bunch of my hand dyes...

I set myself up at the sewing machine:

I put a portable pressing station nearby

and a small cutting mat.

Just outside the window is the red goat barn

and yearling cattle out in the field...

I won't want for company.

Block...1

I layered yellow and purple hand dyes:

I drew an organic shape 

and cut it out freehand...

The bottom half is stitched together.

At this point the seam is wonky...

It presses down perfectly flat.

Time to piece the top seam...

First curved block is done.

When you layer 2 fabrics...

you get a 2 for 1

Block...2

Again, I layered 2 fabrics,

drew out the curved shape,

cut it out freehand...

Here are the 2 blocks....ready for stitching

Both blocks are stitched at this point,

but there is room for more curves.

Using a chalk pencil, I drew out

a second shape...

The shape is cut out through both layers...

Both blocks are ready for stitching...

Most of the curved seams need trimming...

Both curved blocks are pieced and trimmed.

Block...3

This time I am layering 3 different fabrics...

I drew out the shapes

All of the freehand cutting is done...

It is fun to pick and choose

which colors go into each block...

Since I used 3 layers of fabric...

this block was a 3 for 1

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that inspired me to give this a try

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LuAnn

Elk Cows and Yearlings...

I was coming out of the Thread Shed

to photograph a quilt I had just finished up...

just in time to see the elk across the river

They were grazing in the hay field,

then decided to jump the fence and go down

to the river...

These are mainly cows with last year's

yearling calves with them...

Their new calves will be born in June...

The calves are reluctant about jumping the fence,

yet do it with ease...

I was able to get this on video.....see below

Enjoy the Elk Videos:

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LuAnn