Starting Fussy Cutting

In the last few weeks, I´m totally fascinated by fussy cutting. I must admit, I´m strongly influenced by the book Fussy Cutters Club by Angie Wilson.

 

There is not much new patchwork know-how in it (I mean sewing on itself), but it´s a great source of inspiration for everybody who likes small or more significant prints and pictures, be it animals, flowers, or objects. Yes, I definitely am such a person!

Since the book arrived, I´ve been obsessively in search of lovely small prints. I have grand plans of course, but I started with simple squares. I enjoy the process of cutting out the pictures. In the meantime, I set up my boxes for different-sized squares and am adding busily more and more to them. I love the fabrics by Heather Ross, Cori Dantini, and Tula Pink! They are like being designed for fussy cutting!
I love the smallest squares the most, so it is no wonder that I started using them first.
Here the 1,5 x 1,5-inch squares

 

I´m working on 2x2-inch squares:

Other shapes will follow, I´m going to try EPP hexagons and other templates too.  

Happy stitching!

Michaela