FNwF - circle play

Once again big "thank you" to Cheryll for getting us together for little crafting. 

Where do the months go?

I am just about to start on loads of very small log cabin blocks for the Grandmother's Garden quilt, which of course is time consuming and it means spending time at the sewing machine.

So, to offset that with something very easy (and to have something to do while watching TV), I have been deciding on a very simple project, using only fabrics from my stash - just playing really.

The bottom fabric in the picture is traditional Czech hand dyed "modrotisk" (blue print) fabric, which I have several meters of, including other designs.

I used to bring it back from my trips home, long before my quilt making days. It is very similar to Hungarian Kekfesto fabric, and not unlike African Shwe Shwe indigo fabrics .

As it happens I also found blue on white fabrics, which go very well with the main blue one. 

My plan (if I can call it that) is just to play with circles in various colours, and again I have been rummaging through my stash for suitable colours.

This is a rough idea  of what I want to do.

I  randomly joined together blue and white blocks, and started to make colour circles. I have enough blue print fabric for the back as well, but I don't plan to make this into a quilt as such, but a coverlet without wadding, and join the front and back with large Kantha type stitches. 

So this is where I got to on Friday night.

To make circles, I am using old Christmas cards for templates; 

I spray some starch into a little pot with a lid, so it doesn't dry out. 

I brush little of the starch around the edge on the wrong side,

          

press and when dry, remove the template.

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