Patches of Destruxion

Hello everybody! It's been a weird couple of months. And while for many people being stuck indoors gives extra opportunity to sew, the opposite is true for me, as having 3 little kids at home bouncing off the walls doesn't make for a safe environment to get out a load of sharp objects. And I have abruptly become a homeschool teacher, to kids who just aren't that into crafts. To top it off, I have for the past 18 months or so been suffering from horrendous near-daily migraines. During the bad ones it is almost like I am having a stroke or early-onset dementia. I get confused, disorientated, angry, lose the ability to speak properly, and lose the peripheral vision in one eye. To try and stop them I have given up alcohol and caffeine, keep very strict bedtime hours - so no late nights or lie-ins - and wear my glasses all the time. The side effects of last year's meds also prevented me from running or doing much exercise in general which was not helpful at less than a y...

Hello everybody! As I mentioned in my post here , I am joining in with Naomi Clarke's fussycuttingsewalong this year, but I can't keep up with a block per week. So instead, I am doing one super-sized block per month, picking from the choice of prompts available.  We are doing a shape known as 'houses', arranged in a cross shape. We can then choose whether to use squares or triangles as the outer corner shape. I am going with squares, so that I will have a selection of blocks that are easy to set into a quilt. My blocks are a 9 inch square finished. These are all done using the English Paper Piecing technique, which makes sewing around corners and 'y-seams' much simpler than traditional piecing. I have done my January and February blocks. January As is now traditional with the #fussycuttingsewalong, the first month celebrates the Pantone colour of the year. This year, it is Classic Blue. I chose to do central motifs in the house blocks. I love t...