I really enjoy working with strips of materials, so I again used a background in green and then sewed colorful green strips on top. Each strip was cut with a pinking shear, which adds to the design as well as keeps the strip from fraying.
My friend, Susan Rienzo introduced me to this type of strip sewing; no fusible is necessary, you simply place your strip on the background fabric and sew it down. You can see much of her work at www.susanrienzodesigns.com Susan works with very colorful, playful fabrics and has a signature style, which I love. More green next week!
Spring has sprung! We are enjoying warm, sunny days here in Oklahoma and I am finding it difficult to spend lots of time in the studio. I guess that's why I love winter so much, with the dreary days and cold weather, it's easy for me to spend the days in the studio creating!
In any case, I have completed my next GREEN entry, this time I resorted to my favorite pattern of all time, the Log Cabin Block. However, being the rebel that I am, I did not split the block into lights and darks, as you can see:
I did, however, stick to the traditional log cabin progression of adding evenly cut strips, rather than using one of the more "modern" approaches by wonkifying (is that even a word?) the strips. I like all the iterations of log cabin, so there may be more in the other colorways.
