About a month ago I posted about the beginning of my clamshell quilt project. I've been cutting shells from time to time, which by the way, is incredibly relaxing. It's a happy fabric scraps project, and I'm happy to report that some blog friends (and my next door neighbor, hi Liz!!) have generously shared with me some of their own little pieces of fabric for this quilt. A big thank you to you!! What I love about using my friends' fabric scraps, is that I'm getting to play with fabrics I don't have at all in my stash, or that I wouldn't picked out myself, and this will give my quilt a wide range of colors and prints.
So far so good, the progress of this quilt will be slow but sure. Since the book doesn't talk about the amount of clamshells needed for a specific quilt size, I'm planning on working on 20" by 20" blocks and take it from there depending on the amount of fabric I have for it. The instructions in the book say to machine sew the shells with monofilament thread, but I'm hand stitching the shells together. I don't like the idea of sewing cotton fabric with plastic thread, sounds… unnatural. On the other hand I'll need a hand stitching project handy for a long trip coming up this fall. I'll tell you more about it as it comes closer.
So this is my progress so far, and I'm enjoying it.
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i love it!!! and what kind of craziness is that? telling us to machine sew with monofiliment???? this is meant to be a hand sewing project. i am trying to finish up a few small projects i have here so i can start mine and play along with you!!
Posted by: susan | August 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM
looks great so far!
Posted by: Liz H | August 29, 2011 at 08:42 AM
Thank you ladies! I hope to work on it a bit more this week. I love how its looking so far.
I cant wait to sew along with you Susan!
Posted by: Paloma | August 29, 2011 at 08:49 AM
These are amazing! You've inspired me (by inspired I mean gotten me obsessed with the idea) of making a clamshell quilt after I finish my hexagons....whenever that may be! Great work and I'm excited to watch your progress.
Posted by: K*D Quilts | August 29, 2011 at 09:49 AM
Oh, how wonderful! This is next in line on my "to quilt" list - have you actually sewn any of the clamshells together yet? I'm very curious to hear how that part goes.
Posted by: Gayle | August 31, 2011 at 09:19 AM
wonderful to see your progress~!!~
it's going to be beautiful.
i have another small package almost ready to send you . . . love seeing the fabric come to life within your project.
:-)
libbyQ
Posted by: libby | September 16, 2011 at 11:41 AM