Block 79, Silver Lane
The outer border was paper pieced. Made entirely with scraps.
This one little block took about 2-1/2 hours to complete. Sheesh!
Block 97, Waste Not
After this one was all together and pressed, it occurred to me that the outer medium blue could have been green.
Paper pieced with scraps.
I finally bought a ream of pulp paper from Amazon to use for the paper piecing templates. I was getting children's art pads at Walmart, but those have been in short supply and hard to come by since the pandemic started. I guess parents are trying to keep their kids busy at home? The pulp paper is easy to sew through, and tears easily when you want to remove the paper. Much better than tracing paper or regular printer paper.
The ironic thing about this one being called "Waste Not" is that you have to waste quite a bit of fabric in an attempt to make sure the fabric covers the space you need to fill with the paper-piecing method. I wind up using about 2x as much fabric to make sure the block is filled.
Tutorials from Handmade Karma for Week 8.
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