Wash and Repair!

I woke up today and wasted too much time.  What I did get accomplished was prep work for my new bed spread. 

My bed spread is adapted from a quilt pattern called "Happy Hexagons".

This pattern is where you take a piece of fabric with a moderately large print.

Select a section of the repeat,
Then you find the same repeat by taking a straight pin and stick it through a noticeable section of the repeat and pin the pieces and that spot.
Repeat this process several times on the fabric secure the layers together.
Once you have six layers you start cutting the repeat into 45 degree sections.
When you unpin the sections and arrange then you find the pieces form a kaliedescope effect.



For my bedspread  I changed it to a square, with 4 layers of repeat.
Once you have the layers pinned, you cut sections of squares.
Square up each set
 then cut each set in half diagonally
 then each half into a fourth.


Here is a sample of how the blocks look, right after they where cut.

I would have gotten more done today, but I had to go into work.   We are getting some of the costumes for Balagan.  I am having wash and repair every costume.  They just got back from a series of performances in Jakarta. Obviously they don't have proper washers or seamstresses in Jakarta, from smell and state these costumes are in.