I have had the pleasure of testing a number of Kristy from Quiet Play’s foundation pieced patterns. They are imaginative, colourful and very clearly presented. A couple of months ago, Kristy called for testers for a new pattern. We were warned that it contained very small pieces and so, up for a challenge, I put my hand up.
Very small pieces it certainly has! Some are less than ¼” inch in size. For this reason, it’s a pattern suitable for intermediate to advanced foundation piecers. The thing I love about foundation piecing is the way you can create designs that could not be done via ‘normal’ piecing and this is one of those designs.

“Make” pattern designed by Kristy Lea of Quiet Play; pieced and quilted by Linden Vine of Vine Lines Creative
I love batiks and have quite a stash which I don’t use nearly enough, so I decided I would use batiks for this piece. I also used my other favourite foundation piecing tools: Aurifil 50wt thread in grey (colour 2615); my “Add and Eighth” ruler and a small 70/10 machine needle. When I’m working on bigger foundation pieced blocks I use the Add a Quarter ruler, but tiny pieces call for tiny rulers.
In hindsight, there wasn’t enough contrast between the two fabrics so the “Make” doesn’t stand out as much as I would like.
I’ve set myself some creative challenges for the year – I’m going to blog regularly – hence committing to Blossom Heart Quilts’ Sew Cute Tuesday linky each week; to take better photos and get my FMQ happening. Thus, I quilted this using Rasant thread in a matching green – I hoped that would help the word to stand out a bit more. I used my Westalee Ruler Foot, which I just love. I’m still practising using the rulers with it but I use it all the time for FMQ.
Kristy is currently having a sale at her Payhip shop – until 10 June 2016 there is 25% off all patterns using the code QP25. Go, take a look and have some foundation piecing fun!
As always on a Tuesday, I’m linking up with Blossom Heart Quilts Sew Cute Tuesday linky (as I mentioned in the post itself – gah!).
What are your creative goals for the week – what can you do today to move you closer to them?
Until next time, happy quilting 🙂