Learning to 'Cut it Up'

(To quote VFW)

Let's begin with this. This was not supposed to to be 'cut up'. As I was about to sew this melon unit together I discovered this! I struggled to work out how it could have happened until I started to cut out a replacement arc.....Note to self - be careful with template placement - double check before cutting and make sure hands are steady.

 

Out came my faithful little friend and the melon is in the queue to be resewn.....

Now to the 'cut it up' session........

After returning from the RedBerry Quilt Show (my group) and a lovely warm reunion and catch up with people I hadn't seen in quite a while I came home ready for action. So, after some quiet time and finding I had the house to myself for  couple of hours I put some music on, turned it up and picked up where I had left off 'making' fabric for a couple of small projects to test DWR templates.

The dotty pieces are for melons, the remainder for backgound pieces.....

Some possible arc choices overlaid - any suggestions welcome as these are not grabbing my attention yet........

 I also realised I needed a bit more fabric than my scrap bin could provide so it was zip, zip - easy to slice off a few strips without feeling guilty or stopping to think what I should be saving this fabric for as I would normally do......after all, what am I saving it for - it is all left over from other projects anyway.

Mind you, my still frugal nature only allowed me to cut off some strips, not randomly cut into a folded piece of  fabric as I have seen done in videos.......that did make my spine shiver......

As I was struggling to get to sleep that night I had another bit of pottering in my sewing room before bed - probably not a wise move at midnight or thereabouts.....

This is the scene that greeted me the next morning! The space had clearly been invaded by a whirling Dervish or a mad woman - or both.......

From the doorway - was there even a track to get in? There must be because I managed to get out the night before.......

Bits and pieces queued up waiting to be sewn - and possibly almost as many scraps as I started with? At least enough to make some more fabric if I need it......

I used to try and teach my kids that a space always looks tidier when drawers and cupboards are closed. I wonder why they didn't always pick up on that lesson? 

There are some scraps and trimmings too small to keep - but it might help if they actually went in the bin!

At this point I decided that I would make a double unit of the abstract DWR, so ironed the fabrics ready to cut out the next pieces in daylight........

It also seemed a good time to prepare some pages for notes for my DWR folder.......

.....and hunt for some fabric to make arcs......(you didn't want to sit down, did you?) I also decided my stash needs more red and a variety of solids!

So while it may look like extreme chaos, and it may be a day or two before I can do anything about it, I can actually see the underlying plans and they still make sense - in some ways it's as good as a list. I just need to work my way through it when circumstances allow. Otherwise, don't look and turn up the music......

Sue xxxx