Hoiho: trying, failing, and then fixing an improv curved pieced background
Channel: FutureCat
Date: 2022-07-09

I tried out improv curved piecing for the first time to make a background for an appliqued hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) wall-hanging for a friend.  I made a lot of mistakes, and it didn't lie flat.  But I figured out a way to fix/hide the mistakes :-)

How you're actually supposed to do curved improv, by Man Sewing: https://youtu.be/CJvnKfqopF0


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International Stitch Marathon details:

Join us for 12 hours of fun sewing, chatting and sharing at the International Stitch Marathon on Friday July 22, 2022 starting at 9:00 AM (MST) (which is 3 am on Saturday 23 July New Zealand time).

Marathon Zoom link is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85991827974?pwd=K3VWL2FzUmdoeXVHVFVZb2tUKzNGZz09
Passcode is: Cotton

Check out the channels of the other Marathon hosts:
· Brenda Logan: https://www.youtube.com/c/ConqueringMountScrapmorewithBrenda
· Chaunda Counts: https://www.youtube.com/c/UndertheNeedle282
· Jane Galley: https://www.youtube.com/c/JaneGalleyLoopysPlace
· Jen Frost: https://www.youtube.com/c/FaithandFabric
· Sarah Ragland: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvYg2CKESEHPbVqWy2HYbGg/featured
· Steven Bland: https://www.youtube.com/user/stevenbland
· Lynn Rinehart: https://www.youtube.com/c/CottonArtStudio
· Ann Tarabini: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5X05MpckrFHG9eQaEgyjPA

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Music: "She Dreams in Blue" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/


Opening title sequence created by Katherine Breed: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhOOR9QQb-BvtCUh3b4dWg