Friday 5 July 2013

Paper Piecing Party – Rapunzel


“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!”

Paper Pieced Rapunzel for Wombat Stew

It’s Gina’s month for Wombat Stew and she chose “Fairy tales” as her theme. Rapunzel is my absolute favourite so had to feature in my block.

Paper pieced Rapunzel

I used my favourite Color Weave for her hair – gives a nice bit of texture! She doesn’t have a face though – I’ll leave that up to Gina if she wants one on her or not!! Color Weave in cream is also the basis of most of the tower.

Fussy cut text

I couldn’t resist a bit of fussy cut text when I saw this line on one of the prints (I –think- it’s Madrona Road? Can’t remember!).

G loves ladybugs, so I fussy cut a little one down the bottom of the block. It looks like it’s ready to climb onto Rapunzel’s hair!

Little ladybug

And I used a vine print to kind of represent the vines climbing up the towers. Not sure how successfully that worked but that was my intention!

She was a bit fiddly to put together – probably took nearly 3 hours but happy to say, not too much unpicking. Whew! Hope you like your block G!

Paper Pieced Rapunzel for Wombat Stew

So that’s my paper piecing adventures for today! Next up will be more Star Wars characters more likely!

Now it’s your turn! Share what you’ve been working on or what you’re planning on all foundation style.

Quick refresher on what the deal is with the Paper Piecing Party (full details here):
* It’s on every weekend here at Quiet Play, starting Friday.
* Link up something you’re working on that’s foundation paper pieced
* Link a blog post or flickr photo
* Visit at least two other links and leave a comment because that’s half the fun!
* I’ll pick one each week to win their choice of a free pattern from my Craftsy shop. Keep on paper piecing ;) Last week’s winner was Leanne!

22 comments:

  1. She's really sweet :) Will the Wombat Stew gang be selling patterns for this fairytale theme? I know at least two little girls (ahem, cough, cough .. my girls) that would love a fairytale quilt - pretty please with sprinkles on top??

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  2. Hi Kristy! This is so beautiful and cute! I love the long hair and tiny lady bug! All your fabrics are great! x Teje

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  3. That's something for the girls! Nice! :-) What a talented PP maniac you are!

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  4. Wow! i love this block soooooo much. You are the best Kristy!! i love the vines crawling up the tower, the sketch, the ladybug, and the Madrona Road in there is the cherry on top!! A very special block and it has me itching to put it all together. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

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  5. Fantastic block! This is such a clever design!

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  6. She's a beauty! The vines look great and the lady bird is the cutest! I can see why it took you 3 hours - it would have taken me 3 hours every night for 3 days!!

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  7. So cute! Gina will be really happy with this block!

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  8. Kristy this is just amazing!
    Your talent knows no bounds!
    Gina is one lucky lady!

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  9. Wow, I'm in awe of your creativity. You got every little detail right, even the vines!

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  10. Rapunzel is amazing and incredible! Worth every minute of your details and fabric choices!!! I love it!

    Susie

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  11. Very cute! I love the Rapunzel stories and anything associated with them, including Tangled. :D

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    1. Oh me too! Definitely my favourite fairy tale!

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  12. You make the cutest things! My entry this week will hopefully be coming on Sunday, it's a tough one ;)

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  13. This is gorgeous!! I can't get over how amazing this is! Gina is so lucky :)

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  14. Wow this is beautiful, you are so clever, so well thought out, well done.

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  15. Rapunzel is my grand-daughters favorite. Love how she turned out.Brilliant!!!

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  16. This is so gorgeous! I LOVE Rapunzel, and I wish I were just a little bit braver when it came to trying paper piecing...

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  17. Fabulous block Kristy, the details make it so special!

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  18. Oooh, love it! Love ladybugs, too, Marienkäfer in German (Mary bugs) - back in school a guy who had a crush on me kept drawing them on little pieces of paper to be forward during class and called them Mareenkäfer. Ah, memories... :)

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