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Sunday 16 April 2017

Snippets Playground Challenge

I normally make something specifically for the Pixie Snippets fortnightly challenge but this time I'm entering something made for a challenge set by the patchwork and quilting group of which I'm a member because it uses eleven and a half snippets of yellow fabric - don't ask!!  I will however explain why such an odd number in case any other groups would like to give their members a similar challenge so bear with me.

Here goes - we were told to use black fabric measuring 10" x 30" as our background and next we had to pick (lucky dip style) a colour, a shape and a number from three pots each containing ten  folded pieces of paper - my draw resulted in having eleven and a half yellow circles to work with.  The project was to be kept a secret until completed in time for the big reveal which was last Thursday which means I can now share a photo of my efforts.  There were some very ingenious ideas and some forty or so of these hangings will be displayed at our next quilt exhibition and possibly at a Crafts4Crafters show in the autumn as part of the South West Quilters stand.

As I had raided my scraps of fabric to find the yellow snippets and also found some green and purple to add to the mix I reckon this will qualify for the Playground this week.  The yellow circles were made into Suffolk Puffs (or yo-yos for American readers) and I then cut out a stem, leaves and a couple of butterflies so that when applied to the background it would, hopefully, pass for a flower - maybe a hollyhock??


I hope you all have a lovely Easter weekend - weather looks quite nice at the moment but definitely not as warm as it was a week ago.

6 comments:

  1. Oh wow this is stunning Val, great use of the scraps of fabric too.

    Sue xx

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  2. Val this is really pretty and it does look like hollyhocks...lovely assortment of coloured scraps

    Anne

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  3. I agree. . . Very hollyhock-like. VERY pretty too. Congrats on using up so many Snippets. Hoppy Easter to you Val. Xxx

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  4. Wonderful use of snippets Val and so bright and cheerful too Clever you!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  5. That's lovely Val and definitely resembles a hollyhock.
    Val x

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  6. Wow! That is stunning Val! April xx

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