Fibermania

Spiderweb II

While I was sewing the previous Spiderweb quilt, I kept thinking about making another one in predominately hand dyed fabrics, with just a few prints. And I wanted to take the design one step further by forming the rays with more contrast to make those connections more visible. I used only scraps, of which I had many, and in this case the design is all fused. The trouble I had sewing the connecting triangles was not an issue with fusing this design.
 I made a pattern with the release paper from the Wonder-Under, and cut it into twelve sections, all the same. But I added a 'seam allowance' to the lighter wedges as I cut them to fit under the darker wedges. It worked like a dream. The dark wedges are cut exactly the size of the pattern paper, no seam allowances are necessary. I could have easily had all the points meet in the centers, but I really like the red dots and am happy to have those dots echoed in the same red as the triangles.
This is just the beginning three units and I plan to make more, but again I will be gone Wednesday to knitting group so making more circle will have to wait.

While I was busily making this design the light fixture just fell down from the ceiling. Luckily nothing terrible happened to the electrical connection.

Dave and I dragged out two ladders and managed to reinstall the fixture with better anchors, the butterfly kind, and didn't have to call the electrician back.

After dinking around with that interruption in my work, I called it a day. 5pm and I hadn't even stopped for lunch. Musta been having fun with this new piece!