Once I finished this bloom, I set it into place, and the birds said, “Nope, we don’t belong here.” I had to agree with them. What I thought would work definitely does not. So I asked if they wanted to try a different location, and they said, “We should fly higher.” So I just put… Continue reading The birds said nope
Tag: Tula's Bloomers
Teal and purple unicorns
Before I move on to new blooms, I figured I should go ahead and finish up the last bloom I had prepped (and was in progress sewing together). It has been so long since I actually fussy-cut for a kaleidoscope bloom, I’m going to need to refresh my memory on the best way to go… Continue reading Teal and purple unicorns
Figuring out fabrics
So I spent some time going through my stash and trying to figure out which prints I want to use as the primary bloom hexagons. I will still have to figure out the coordinating prints (and how I want to design each bloom), but this is what I have in mind. This will be a… Continue reading Figuring out fabrics
Not the next-to-last bloom
Not even close. But I’ll get to that in a minute. You wouldn’t necessarily know it, but the large hexagons in this bloom are the flowers from the Squirrel print in the Begonia colorway from 2018’s All Stars fabric collection. In the interior are two sets of concentric triangles using Lantern in the Strawberry coloway… Continue reading Not the next-to-last bloom
A tiger among the flowers
I finished stitching my next Tula’s Bloomers unit at the Sit and Sew on Saturday. If I have calculated correctly and have all of my groups of units ready to go, there are only 2 more full ones to piece now. Fussy cutting can be such fun – especially when fabric prints are made with… Continue reading A tiger among the flowers
