Going 3-D

 

The third project that I brought along to work on during BAMQ's Sew Day, was doing some 3-D piecing for my Y.E.S. coat. Yes, I even made a list and got to have the joy of crossing off each to-do. I was very pleased to see how easy it was to accomplish this type of piecing.

I'm working with this technique book that I bought from the teacher of the coat class that started me on this project, Rachel D. Clark. It has instructions for all sorts of ideas for interesting piecing techniques. Rachel is a great teacher, and if you get a chance to take a class with her you should go for it.

Then at home, I got into trying some more of the variations of the 3-D flying geese, this one was called a "Vase." 

I made another one that made sure to keep the Goose point as pointy as possible, seen on the lower left. 

Another variation was making four "vases" and putting them together.

That one didn't turn out so well, I probably need to re-sew the four squares again to get those points closer together.

How all these will work on the Y.E.S. coat along with all the other piecing, I am not sure as this point, but it has been fun learning something new.