In 1991 (yes, 17 years ago) 2 friends and I got together and each strip pieced 2 big pieces (6 total) and then we cut segments out of them at a slight angle. Some were angled to the left and some to the right. Then our plan was we each took segments from all of the groups and sewed together backgrounds. Our plans were to applique on them, maybe more of a collage type project. I sewed my background together but since they both moved away after that I'm not sure if they sewed theirs. This has been sitting in the UFO box for 17 years.
However there were wedge leftovers because of the way we cut the strip sets. Neither of them wanted those pieces so I took them, and I did make a wallhanging out of them. It isn't finished though. At the time I was influenced by 2 people who did beading.
The first thing I did was stitch in the ditch with clear monofilament thread on top and bobbin thread that matched the backing. This way I knew from the back where the areas of color were and stitched from the wrong side with heavy glitz thread in the bobbin case in several different patterns and different colors.
Then I decided to start beading. That may have been a mistake because I have never gone back to finish it. I have dark beads on this color section and......
light colored beads on the light background sections.
This is another case of the leftovers being more inspiring than the original plan. Someday I hope I have the urge to finish the beading, but it may just be an interesting item at my estate sale when I am gone.
However there were wedge leftovers because of the way we cut the strip sets. Neither of them wanted those pieces so I took them, and I did make a wallhanging out of them. It isn't finished though. At the time I was influenced by 2 people who did beading. The first thing I did was stitch in the ditch with clear monofilament thread on top and bobbin thread that matched the backing. This way I knew from the back where the areas of color were and stitched from the wrong side with heavy glitz thread in the bobbin case in several different patterns and different colors. Then I decided to start beading. That may have been a mistake because I have never gone back to finish it. I have dark beads on this color section and...... light colored beads on the light background sections. This is another case of the leftovers being more inspiring than the original plan. Someday I hope I have the urge to finish the beading, but it may just be an interesting item at my estate sale when I am gone.