This is a small piece (about A3) based on a primary source. Here the primary source is the bamboo flooring that we put down in the first floor of the house last summer.
At the time we were busy laying it, I thought it would look good as a quilt top. Now I’ve made a small sample to see how it looks in fabric. I had a good selection of green hand-dyed fabric in different values from some previous dyeing. So apart from the very dark green squares, which are some scraps of commercial batik, all the fabric I dyed myself.
The strips are 3/4 inch wide, which is in fact the same width as the parquet. If I was going to make a larger piece I would make them wider I think. As I was sewing the pieces together they started curving. Not sure why as I cut them all accurately and used the 1/4 inch foot for the seams. For the second half I sewed the seams in alternate directions which seemed to help. It’s pretty hard to sew long thin strips together and maintain an accurate width.
