For my cousin Jan 2019

My Fancy Pants Scrap Quilt (La Passacaglia)

Practice layouts for Rosettes before I knew anything.

The fabric pull for La Passacaglia

Family crafting on the trip home from the celebration of 60 years of marriage for Ross and Nancy Fitzpatrick

Finger pin cushions that I made.

First large rosette (that I kept, one is sitting in a box waiting for "someday")

My organization. each envelope has a picture of the rosette and all the pieces needed.

Using my One Block Wonder technique of stacking repeats to speed up fussy cutting. Brilliant but why did it take me so long?

I had to rip out the 2nd round of diamonds on this rosette, they just didn't work. I am much happier with the darker green leaves

I decided that this was the fabric that I HAD to use for pentagons all around the whole top. I have been using this fabric on odds and ends for years and now I really needed more and couldn't find it anywhere. I do know that i must have purchased it 10 years ago. It's ok though, I made more. Thanks goodness it was a stripe!

Sewing the rosettes together, not as difficult as I imagined.

Hooray, found the border fabric. They didn't have enough at the local quilt store but I was able to get more online.

more of my manufactured fabric

almost done, counting how many pents are still needed. I was able to rip out the lining of a purse that I'd used the stripe in so didn't need to make any more fabric.

I wrapped the edges around paper so that I'd have a nice crisp edge to applique to the border.

I sewed the border fabric to a piece roughly the size of the top, pinned and appliqued with a narrow zigzag stitch and invisafil thread.

Looking good but I really needed to add something to the border.

auditioning border add-ons

Ready to quilt, just waiting for time and cooler weather, my sewing room is the hottest room in the house!

Label: "My Fancy Pants Scrap Quilt"

(A thousand Dancing Flowers)

La Passacaglia 

by Willyne Hammerstein

Hand pieced and Machine quilted

by Aileen Fitzpatrick

North Aurora, Il

Sept. 2016- July 2017

Here She is!

La Passacaglia, another new interest

In September I was going to visit family and thought I would like some hand sewing to bring along. I had seen lots of pictures of this quilt and had to try it. Thankfully I found inklingo.com! Most people are English Paper Piecing which is a lot of prep before you even start sewing. With Inklingo the fabric is ironed onto freezer paper and the template for the pieces are printed directly onto the fabric and I can use a running stitch to sew.  The big surprise to me has been how much I enjoy ending my day with some hand sewing. Who new?!

Handy dandy christmas wreath storage that works great to keep my rosettes safe.

Homemade finger pincushions from the inklingo blog.I used leftover yo-yo's from the quilt I made for Maggie in 2001 or so. See, never get rid of anything!