NewFos and a lesson learned

The beginnings of a project for next month  =D

This is the first of a few "NewFO's" for this month!

What's a "NewFO"  you maybe asking?

Well NewFOs are projects we start in a month and at the end of the month it

doesn't {repeat doesn't}  have to be finished! 

That's right no pressure here except to start a new something or other.

It can be anything from embroidery

to a quilt

to a wallhanging

to a hot pad

to a you get the idea!

My second NewFo is going to be a wallhanging for my sewing space.

It's got a little wonky to it so this month I'll quilt it up and stitch on the binding.

A nice splash of colour.

                                                This is my very first attempt at paper piecing

I copied the pattern from Carol Doak's site, there is a number of free

downloads there. This pattern is a Beginners level and for the most part went fairly well.

It may help anyone wanting to try Paper Piecing to have a look at this

TUTORIAL

It was a huge help since I would have been placing my fabric on the wrong side

of the seam line. I also had to learn, the hard :O( way, to make good and sure to use fabric pieces

large enough to cover the area on your pattern! After I had sewn and ripped and sewn again,

when all the pressing was done, there it was, I had a little spot where the fabric didn't

come all the way over to the outside edge when it was flipped. I couldn't bear to tear the whole block apart so I'm going to embellish this block and proudly hang it on my wall as a

reminder to watch that fabric when pp.

That's this month's line up of NewFos!

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and go see Barbara, she's got all the deets.

Until next month...

Happy New Project Starts & Don't Sweat the Finish!