TS12 Quilt-Along: Folklore Mirrorball Block #2

Hi everyone!

I'm a little late on the post cause I spent the day thinking it was Thursday...woops! Regardless, thank you for coming by.

Folklore is a no-skip album to me. Perhaps my favourite -but I refuse to make it official and offend the anthropomorphic other albums. Since the leaves are starting to fall and shift colours, I am thinking hard about her autumnal themed albums: folklore, evermore, Red, maybe Midnights. Today (or tonight), we stitch Folklore.

Folklore block by MadebyYouQuilts.pdf

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There are a few ways to put this together. In my video tutorial, I strip piece a bunch of scraps - semi randomly (left). I intentionally pair some similar colours and tones together as if it were reflecting light back at me aka a few blues next to another, a patch of lighter tones in one spot, etc. If you have metallics, greys and creams in your stash, pull them out! Before you begin FPP, make sure you have a large enough textile to cover both pieces. I pin mine in place to keep it from shifting as I build up around the perimeter of the ball.

Alternatively, you can use larger strips or even a solid piece of fabric and applique individual small squares along the piece after you assemble the block. This is the method I used in my test run. Although it worked, I would take the time to use my small scraps in this block. It gives a certain charm. You can mix methods!

Anyways, I will post my sew-through tutorial tomorrow...

after I have sufficiently pouted to the one, scream-sung the bridge to illicit affairs and flopped around bereft to my tears ricochet. (can you tell 'female rage' is my favourite genre of taylor swift songs?)

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