After creating the Portal/House/Temple as described here
on March 13th, I had these pieces of fabric left over.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-HG8Nz2yDkXmvBBpp-1P19M-TVM0C_6I6MErwHmVFg3bLLNUxhIznOYHbqtjYnSCzbTmMt7IB4EYQape50kLk619s6BkUU8MVNcQWvYGoOXAVogXejUo8hGi5yfFUbawsN7cGbi18hA/s320/Remaining+Blocks.jpg)
I decided to make a house and got to the stage of sewing on the background fabrics. It had steps and wings(!). It then sat on the sewing room floor glowering at me for a week. It had to go. I unpicked seams and did some cutting before I could change my mind. I was left with this (and a few other bits I found on the floor later).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBoxo5E9YLPnfKQX2xfVd9SsdHvwXTU66TiskQ9yHqiwiFsxydZpU9-naefTiJHj6twJl8io4jbLeWc-R4ujr81lNIFub12QRD1XxJ9EsBpWVU5iPw7liuasNXBy-YrS5bxbpYuwhvaI/s320/After+unsewing.jpg)
I did a bit (lot) more cutting and sewing and tried this layout. Not bad. In retrospect I could have done something with it. However I had the rotary cutter out and I kept going.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWgSbrXpKs7QS9lhKf-WX07IZRHbQSH_BOTJj4DJxzRm8Ze7qG0hkKR-Lg9PtXrmsPx4NXWPuu3EKrrhdYAVG5_N3LygIJmmyc7IRT7an5OPHM21KjQ93T8Gte4NgzJuNeyY4V12A3aU/s320/Strip+sample.jpg)
After much cutting and sewing and unpicking and cutting and sewing I ended up with the first mat below. I had added a little more fabric but kept to the original materials. It's not bad. It has heat-proof wadding and machine quilting round the edges.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIktwIK0hlL6ZHKvHpe4yRTOu0rThg7ZylFEc1LZnC0xVRpEFOjJK1XRx1rB_w2Vn5dryDDp4XO6xYM6nGc25UbQJduDaGGs8aQ2wb4uH8pKHWKOREsAQmsNKU2EqUb8isURsNeu241aU/s320/Mat+1.jpg)
Below is the second mat made from the pieces. I quite like this - it has something mysterious about it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpZyWvPAPEwHuVznh8Fs5BoUoYPkQlnUtTJG4fIlOTP0wWtVBHTGxUSTDlBoO8gI61DFsgzyJBt-p-iOaDdvGOlgqSqGStI101b08jWtHAW2e7267HOwCDpdRxdV83jrFdEYFkyDCKts/s320/Mat+2.jpg)
There is still a bit of the fabrics left from the original blocks.
I love this cut and sew technique. You can do it in odd moments and you get some surprising results.
2 comments:
very nice blog,have a good day from Tenerife!!!
I love the colors you have here. Very cool blocks!
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