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Pickle Dish (aka Trilobytes) Finished, Double T Star Finished from Elaine Adair Pieces

Pickle Dish (aka Trilobytes) DONE

This was more of a personal challenge than a perfectly finished project. After a few false starts, paper piecing techniques from long ago kicked in. My colors/values were good, and piecing skills were better than anticipated, but my machine quilting leaves something to be desired. I tried to use each and every good color thread/type possible which caused continuous uneven tension issues on the back. I started with determination and patience to get the tension right after each change of thread, but impatience overwhelmed me and finally had to finish best I could ...

added by Elaine Adair 1 week, 4 days ago. under double t star , pickle dish , trilobytes

Finally, some quiet moments from Elaine Adair Pieces

Just WHO won't appreciate the importance of a fresh new clean board cover? I even bought my own staple gun for the job! I prefer using a striped fabric.

This is my progress so far on a Pickle Dish, aka Trilobites. I'm working on piecing border units. Paper piecing methods came back as I worked. It's turning out reasonably well, and as we often learn, it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. Size is about 40 x 40 inches.

And my interruption, is this 84 x 98 in. queen quilt top, probably 15 ...

added by Elaine Adair 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under "t" bloc , iron board cover , new zealand star , paper piecing. , pickle dish , temperance , trilobites

Trilobites, aka Pickle Dish from Elaine Adair Pieces

One of our Guild members will be teaching this paper-piecing technique. While I didn't sign up for her class, I DID get all excited and enthusiastic when I heard about it, and even ordered a pattern and templates, coming all the way from Australia! Talk about "squirrel" action! It took me a while to re-learn paper piecing and discovered I'd done something similar, years ago. You can see my Mom's real pickle dish to the left of the blocks. To me, they look like fossil Trilobites. Many of the quilt block samples I've seen are pieced ...

added by Elaine Adair 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under paper-piecing , pickle dish , trilobites

Pickle Dish - Trial block from Elaine Adair Pieces

mmm - a few kinks needing help ...

Despite the areas that need improvement, I'm amazed the technique is still in my noggin. My Add-a-Quarter ruler has disappeared over the years, so that was replaced, then I had to purchase and install a new printer (for copies of pattern), and my little old Bernina needed an extension table (wonderful improvement in efficiency). Trying new things does not always turn out perfectly. (But don't those outer points look good!) Not sure why I dislike this layout - those corners seem to be the problem - maybe just a regular square would be better ...

added by Elaine Adair 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under paper piecing , pickle dish

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