The results .....

And here are some close-ups of what we actually made with our fabric - by the end of the day we all had at least part of our quilt top fused with out cut-out design in our second fabric. Several of us opted to ease into the technique with variations on our first paper cut-out exercise, while others threw caution to the wind let their imaginations fly.

Heathers' curved triangles demonstrate the grid layout of the blocks with her high contrast fabric choices.

Phyl chose complementary aqua and purple with good contrast, and she was careful with the iron!

Noelle chose a lovely combination of jade and mauve. We used tweezers to place the smaller fabric pieces accurately.

Bev's background fabric recalled reeds and water, so she cleverly cut out fish to swim through the depths .....

But when she turned it through 90 degrees, we thought they were surfing.

Dawns' design required great care with those delicate, tiny pieces ....

Dina's bold colour contrast sings .....



Elaine's background fabric is beautiful, and this design was her first attempt with paper, translated to fabric.


It took a while to "get" how to work out the placement of pieces. This is Georgie's lovely lolly pink on aqua, with the design just emerging .....

Elle didn't hesitate with safe and easy .... her design is stunning and she was quick!

Helen chose a gorgeous coral and olive combo .....

No wonder Jane killed the scissors ...... look at all those intricate pieces!

Jill chose two of Lisa's hand dyes, and cut-out onion dome shapes ....

Here Louise has two intricate blocks laid out, and the next two cut ........

Margaret chose high contrast fabrics, and designed a leaf-inspired cut-out that produced some unexpectedly complex of shapes

And Jo was the only one who completed all nine blocks! Her cut-out fern fronds echo the print of her background fabric.

Thanks Lisa for a most enjoyable day, and Georgie for organising it all.