In January I started making some new pieces to send to the Illinois Artisans Center. This was the first one I made and it reminded me of the colors of Chuckles, the candy, so I named it Candy Colors.
Then I had the leftovers. They seemed so cheerful in the northern IL winter that I continued to work with them. First I made this wall hanging from the leftovers, then I made the 2 postcards, and later the journal cover. I still have some strip piecing left to play with.
I usually like the pieces made with the leftovers better than the original project. What is the lesson here? It makes me wonder if I should scrap the original piece. Maybe I just need to design the original, but not sew it together. Then all of the parts will be leftovers. Does anyone have a solution for this?
The strip piecing was all made from the clean up cuts of the fabric so the strips have one side that is crooked and one that is straight. I always make my clean up cuts generous and they immediately go into my crazy piecing fabric bins. When I am ready to work with it I pull the color palette I want and put the rest away. If it is not lively enough I go back to the bins and add a few zingers in.
