I usually forget to take pictures along the way. This time I didn't! So here's a look at the process of making what will some day become a table topper from this Nancy Crow fabric I had for years and years and finally cut into.
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| I cut the striped fabric so I could mitre it around a black center square. I wanted the center unpieced so a vase wouldn't wobble if placed in the center. The leftover mitred pieces look good made into corner triangles. |
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| Seeing how it looks with more black on the outside. Good. But the center square is too straight. How about a wavy black line around the edge? |
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| Using the Ricky Timms method, I layered the black fabric right side up under the center square so the fabrics overlap a bit. |
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| Then I cut gentle curves through both layers and removed the extra fabric. Flip the black on top of the tulip fabric and slowly sew the two pieces together. No need for pins. Go slow and align the fabrics as they reach the needle. |
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| Ta da! A gentle curve that matches the feel of the tulip fabric. |
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| I repeated this again to add the corner triangles. Now all I have to do is quilt and bind it. |