Trisha's second skirt is done with the "sew and flip" method of crazy quilting. I am eager to start learning to quilt, and this seems like the perfect method for me! I was puzzled by the entire technique for awhile, but after letting Margo look at the directions, and then just putting my mind to it, I was amazed at how simple it was. The center piece is placed in the middle of the backing fabric, another piece is placed on top of it right sides together, it is sewn together with a 1/4 in seam (with the trusty 37 foot), flipped and then pressed. You keep adding pieces, sewing, flipping and pressing...until you completely cover the basic pattern piece.
I used a little of the rick rack that Trisha gave us in our kit, but I decided to fill in the the rest of the seam lines with some of the fun decorative and quilt stitches that are on my machine and that I never use. I used a couple of different feather stitches, a bubble type stitch, and a few that I have no idea what they are called. While the colors and concept were not at first to my liking...as I finished the front panel it is beginning to grow on me!
So today's task is to finish up the skirt and get it on a cute little girl!
