Desperate Walkers
Paper pieced sections and then hand pieced the sections together. Using my stash of brights. Prepared the two red/blue/orange strips separately. Prepared the green corner and the yellow corner. Then removed the paper and hand pieced all the sections together. Before removing the paper, I penciled in the 1/4 inch margin.
Emily Wilder Davidson
Paper pieced the sections - Middle and 2 sides. Drew my 1/4 in lines for guides, removed paper and hand pieced sections together. Once the piecing was finished, I appliqued the heart in the center. This block did not have a heart in the instructions for the Memory Wreath but it called for something in the space. ...and Emily had great heart. Much I didn't know about in the struggle for a woman's right to vote. The violence of it surprised me, but then it was as it had to be.
I am learning so much as I move through the blocks, both about the women's suffrage movement and about piecing. I have always liked paper piecing because of the precision I can get with it. Paper piecing is not faster than other methods. It can be very frustrating... but the more I use this method, the more I learn about it and what to watch for to avoid re-doing. I've also learned that putting sections together by machine is not any faster than hand piecing the sections together and machine piecing often leaves the parts mismatched for me. With Hand piecing, everything comes together nicely and I can do this sitting in the same room with my hubby and dogs in front of the fireplace. Very comforting work...and all my points match up.
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