Oakshott Colourshott Blog Hop

Oakshott Colourshottt Blog Hop

I was lucky enough to be chosen to be part of the Oakshott Colourshott Blog Hop. This is the second of two weeks of projects for you featuring a 10" square stack of beautiful color Oakshott cottons.

Here is the list of bloggers that are participating:

16 February Jo Avery of mybearpaw.com

17 February Alice Blyth of blossomheartquilts.com

18 February Colette Howie of poppyandpoochie.blogspot.com

19 February Kristi McDonough of schnitzelandboo.com

23 February Amira Ameruddin of littlemushroomcap.com

24 February Hannah Kitching of sewingandslinging.blogspot.com

25 February Mary Kolb of maryonlakepulaski.blogspot.com

26 February Jane Davidson of quiltjane.com

 

For my part I would like to show you how I created That Crazy Eight wall hanging shown above.

 

I had never sewn with Oakshott previously and I also wanted to try bias tape for applique so I incorporated both in this project. I learned Oakshott is wonderful!

Suppies:

Oakshott New Colourshott 10" pack with Cols. 31-57

1 1/2 yard. Oakshott in Colour: Amalfi

Thread

Clover Bias Tape Maker 3/8" (9mm)

Clover Fusible Web (5mm)

Fusible interfacing (light weight)

Iron

Clover design sheet

Directions:

1. Draw a teardrop shape on paper and trace it 16 times on the smooth side of the interfacing. Mine are approximately 7".

2. Cut out each teardrop roughly about 1/2" outside of the drawn line.

3. Choose eight pair of coordinating colors from the 10" pieces of Oakshott.

4. Place one interfacing teardrop rough side down on your 16 chosen pieces of Oakshott.

5. Sew on the drawn line all the way around the teardrop shape.

6. Trim points and clip curves.

7. Cut about a 3" slit in the interfacing and turn right side out, poking the point out with a skewer or other tool to make it smooth.

8. Finger press each teardrop so interfacing does not show from the front.

9. Prepare approximately eight yards of fusible bias tape according to package directions using a color of Oakshott that matches or contrasts your background (I chose Amalfi to match my background).

10. Lay out and form your figure eight using your fusible bias tape in a manner instructed in the Bias Tape Maker packaging. (Place two teardrop paper shapes to match those used for the pattern under your Clover Design Sheet to make your figure eight design out of the bias tape.) Hide the cut ends under the crossover of the eights.

11. Cut a piece of background fabric approximately 28" X 28". Fold in half lightly both ways to help center your design. Lay out the pairs of teardrops shapes on the background in an arrangement that is pleasing to you and with an equal margin around each piece. Lay the fusible bias tape figure eight over the Oakshott shapes covering all the edges.

12. Using a pressing cloth, carefully press and lightly attach all pieces to the background.

13. Top stitch the bias binding along both edges and in the center.

14. Layer backing, batting an completed front, baste, quilt and bind as desired.

I chose to pebble stitch around the outside of Those Crazy Eights first and then hand quilt three rows inside each color section.

 

 

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