Wayward Sisters 3

I'M A COVER GIRL!!

Annie's new book is now out!

When I first saw it, I was so

intrigued by the cat steps quilt

by Charisma Horton, that I 

completely missed that I 

am on the cover too!

I have had these little 

witches in my files for years.

They are so much fun to play 

with. If you aren't a fan of 

paper piecing at this moment, 

you soon will be:)

The three witches, Weyward Sisters,  

are characters in Shakespeare's play,

Macbeth that resemble the 

3 Fates of classical mythology.

This was the first Shakespeare

I ever read and it fascinated me!

YES, I know I spelled them wrong

but wayward has that added meaning

that quilters tend to associate

with paper piecing.

It gets a bad rap, it really does:)

Now for a peek behind the curtain....

First we need some fabrics!

I kept it to 'read as solids'

since it is a smaller piece.

The witches have faces done in

 embroidery and I am a fan of

stabilizing my background

when possible.

This is Pellon's P44F, light-weight

iron on stabilizer.

I wanted the block done first 

so I removed that one section

to use as a template for my 

cutting the stabilizer.

Once fused in place and 

the face traced onto the front,

I did a basting stitch

along 2 sides of the block

to hold remaining paper

in place until I was 

ready to remove it.

Removing it is super easy

since I used a long stitch.

Clip every 5th stitch and pull.

Time for quilting designs!

I am not good at this step and so 

many times I have printed 

multiple blocks to draw on.

This time it went relatively quickly

once I knew I didn't like the 

wavy one above and preferred

the spiky one below, it was

time to get quilting!

I decided to keep mostly 

straight line fills vs. going 

for curved lines to 

offset / compliment the

sharp lines of the blocks.

I was very happy 

with my decisions.

All quilted on my domestic

machine because it was 

little and doable.

And don't forget that 

easy little flange for 

just the right 

pop of color!

Until next time~