{"id":1225,"date":"2020-11-17T14:39:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2020-11-17T14:39:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:39:52","slug":"quilting-stencils-and-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/2020\/11\/17\/quilting-stencils-and-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilting stencils and practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After trying free-motion quilting with Ella, I decided to try the stencil approach to get a regular pattern in my quilt.  I didn&#8217;t think I would be able to do this completely freehand, so stencils seemed the way to go.  However, having tried this on a small scale, it is going to be a nightmare to do on the full size quilt.  With the pattern of my quilting, stich-in-the-ditch also doesn&#8217;t seem as though it will work.  Hence I haven&#8217;t finished it still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway&#8230;  here are the stencils I bought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1213\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200307_125512\/\" class=\"wp-image-1213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125512-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1214\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200307_125522\/\" class=\"wp-image-1214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125522-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1215\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200307_125530\/\" class=\"wp-image-1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125530-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1216\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200307_125538\/\" class=\"wp-image-1216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200307_125538-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea is to copy the pattern onto the fabric with a frixion pen, sew over it, and then ironing will remove the pen &#8211; simples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_141608-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1217\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_141608-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200308_141608\/\" class=\"wp-image-1217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_141608-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_141608-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_141608-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_141608-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_141608-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_141608-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144109-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1218\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144109-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200308_144109\/\" class=\"wp-image-1218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144109-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144109-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144109-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144109-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144109-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144109-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144119-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1219\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144119-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200308_144119\/\" class=\"wp-image-1219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144119-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144119-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144119-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144119-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144119-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144119-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144512-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1220\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144512-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200308_144512\/\" class=\"wp-image-1220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144512-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144512-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144512-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144512-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144512-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_144512-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_151725-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_151725-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_151725-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_151725-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_151725-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_151725-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200308_151725-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This seemed to be going okay, so I decided to make a small piece of patchwork that I could quilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made the mistake of showing the options to my son, who chose a pattern of teeny tiny squares and half square triangles (HSTs)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1239\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_133511\/\" class=\"wp-image-1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133511-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">fabrics right side together<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134715-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1240\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134715-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_134715\/\" class=\"wp-image-1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134715-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134715-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134715-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134715-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134715-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134715-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">template on top<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1238\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_133500\/\" class=\"wp-image-1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_133500-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">sew along the red lines (original template is colour coded)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1234\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_203645\/\" class=\"wp-image-1234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_203645-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">this is what it looks like on the back<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134919-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1244\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134919-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_134919\/\" class=\"wp-image-1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134919-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134919-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134919-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134919-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134919-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134919-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">cut along all the black lines<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134953-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1245\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134953-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_134953\/\" class=\"wp-image-1245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134953-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134953-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134953-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134953-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134953-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134953-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">rip off the paper and open out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164039-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1230\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164039-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_164039\/\" class=\"wp-image-1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164039-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164039-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164039-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164039-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164039-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164039-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">iron<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164046-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1231\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164046-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_164046\/\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164046-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164046-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164046-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164046-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164046-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_164046-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1&#8243; square!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1242\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_134833\/\" class=\"wp-image-1242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_134833-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1227\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_135300\/\" class=\"wp-image-1227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_135300-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">cut along all the lines<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1228\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_160616\/\" class=\"wp-image-1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_160616-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">to get lots of triangles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1233\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_165337\/\" class=\"wp-image-1233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_165337-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">open out and iron &#8211; LOTS of teeny tiny HSTs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_204031-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1235\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_204031-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200322_204031\/\" class=\"wp-image-1235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_204031-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_204031-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_204031-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_204031-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_204031-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200322_204031-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">these are then joined together in blocks of 9 &#8211; 6 of these HSTs 3 plain squares<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1237\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200323_163130\/\" class=\"wp-image-1237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163130-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1236\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200323_163117\/\" class=\"wp-image-1236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200323_163117-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to make 11 more of these squares, a total of 12 of them.  There are 4 more large plain squares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_203037-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1247\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_203037-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200326_203037\/\" class=\"wp-image-1247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_203037-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_203037-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_203037-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_203037-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_203037-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_203037-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_214559-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1248\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_214559-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200326_214559\/\" class=\"wp-image-1248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_214559-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_214559-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_214559-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_214559-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_214559-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_214559-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_224539-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1249\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_224539-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200326_224539\/\" class=\"wp-image-1249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_224539-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_224539-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_224539-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_224539-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_224539-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200326_224539-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"881\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_131244-1024x881.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1251\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_131244-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200328_131244\/\" class=\"wp-image-1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_131244-1024x881.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_131244-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_131244-768x661.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_131244-1536x1322.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_131244-2048x1763.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_131244-750x646.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I then added some other batik fabric patchwork around the outside that I had prepared previously to make a rectangle, and layered with some quilt batting and backing fabric in the purple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1253\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200328_143641\/\" class=\"wp-image-1253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143641-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1254\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200328_143658\/\" class=\"wp-image-1254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_143658-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Used quilting safety pins to keep all the layers together, and started copying the stencil pattern onto the fabric.  This was much harder than my practice on plain pale fabric, so I had to alternate between the frixion pen, and white chalk pencil, which was still quite difficult to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1255\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200328_144017\/\" class=\"wp-image-1255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_144017-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">using the stencil starting from the centre<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200329_181210-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1259\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200329_181210-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200329_181210\/\" class=\"wp-image-1259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200329_181210-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200329_181210-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200329_181210-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200329_181210-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200329_181210-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200329_181210-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">sewing&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1257\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/20200328_163223\/\" class=\"wp-image-1257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-750x1333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200328_163223-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 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courage to quilt my 3D patchwork bedspread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After trying free-motion quilting with Ella, I decided to try the stencil approach to get a regular pattern in my quilt. I didn&#8217;t think I would be able to do this completely freehand, so stencils seemed the way to go. However, having tried this on a small scale, it is going to be a nightmare &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/2020\/11\/17\/quilting-stencils-and-practice\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,10],"tags":[16,4],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patchwork","category-sewing","tag-patchwork","tag-sewing","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1263,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}