(Vintage) Windham Wednesdays

There are times I come back to a fabric collection over and over. There are several groups from Windham Fabrics that mix well and keep calling to me. One is the Gabrielle Collection , which I used to make my LARGE Coffee Filter Mariner's Compass . (You can see some of my steps by clicking that link.) This is a fun workshop using 20" diameter coffee filters for the center compass. We draft it and then cut it apart into 8 sections and actually paper/foundation piece on each one! Then we piece the ring of flying geese. The whole center is about 30" x 30". 20" Coffee Filter Mariner's Compass I still have some of that Gabrielle Collection left. My favorite piece is the floral background print for the center spokes. Yes, it looks more tan in the pic below, but it really is more cream. Gabrielle Floral print I did a lot of sewing with Addison . The first thing was to make a simple table topper. It is a variation on Baby Blocks . My friend cut all my ...