DWR Wall Clock

I bet you've already heard about DWR Challenge organised by NYC Metro Mod Quiltguild. That was my first time sewing DQR block. I also designed a mini quilt with my interpretation of DWR but there is absolutely no way that I would manage to sew it before the deadline of the contest. I'll try to sew it one day, though. 

I decided to sew something for the 'Small' category (single DWR circle). I used EZ Quilting/Simplicity templates to make it.

Juz kiedys pisalam na blogu o konkursie DWR Challenge organizowanym przez NYC Metro Mod Quiltguild. Zdecydowalam sie cos uszyc do kategorii 'Small', czyli pojedynczego kolka DWR. Mialam jeszcze plan uszycia mini quiltu ale niestety pozostal tylko planem. Nie dam rady go uszyc w tym tygodniu ale mam nadzieje, ze kiedys mi sie uda :) Do uszycia bloku DWR uzylam template'ow EZ Quilting/Simplicity:

I had several ideas what to do with a single circle, but the best seemed the last one - a wall clock. Choosing fabrics was extremely hard. I wanted to hang the clock in my sewing room and first I wanted to make in only in beige/gray/black color combo, but that wasn't looking very good when I paired some fabrics together. Then I pulled the butterfly/moth fabric from Eclectic Elements and thought that it would be so cool to make a 'Shape Moth' wall clock :) 

I placed the biggest butterfly in the center and added some beautiful, lime Curio fabric for the outside edges. This fits so nicely to the colours of my blog :)

Pomyslow na  uszycie pojedynczego bloku mialam jak zwykle kilka ale wygral ten ostatni - zegar. Materialy wybieralam chyba ponad godzine. No nic mi nie pasowalo. Na poczatku chcialam zegar w kolorach bezu/szarosci z elementami czarnego ale nie mialam odpowiednich tkanin. Potem wyciagnelam z szafy material w motyle/cmy z kolekcji Eclectic Elements i tor myslenia poszedl w kierunku zegara 'Shape Moth' :) Do bezow i szarosci dodalam troche delikatnego zielonego a w samym centrum umiescilam najwiekszego motyla jaki byl na materiale:

Sewing curves wasn't a big deal. It just needed some pinning and everything fitted really nicely:

I wanted somehow to accent the hours on the clock and used little butterflies/moths from the fabric. I placed them on the outer, lime edge:

Godziny na zegarze zaakcentowalm malutkimi motylkami/cmami wycietymi z materialu:

Then backing and quilting. I didn't piece the arcs of the DWR as I wanted the simplicity and elegance. I also wanted to quilt them nicely:

Pobawilam sie troche z pikowaniem:

Then I cut the circle and added the grommet in the centre for the clock mechanism:

Abracadabra and the clock is almost ready :D I added the binding (cut wide, so it could cover the sides) and mounted the circle on a piece of a foam board:

Kolo obszylam szeroka lamowka. Na spod zegara dalam styropian, ktory zakrylam wlasnie lamowka:

The last part was to add the hands (with a small detail on the minute hand :) 

I jeszcze maly akcencik na minutowej wskazowce:

I'm absolutely delighted with the result. I guess the result outgrew my expectations *so happy* :)

Zegar mi sie straszliwie podoba :) Jest wielki ale do pokoju szyciowego bedzie doskonale pasowal.

DWR Challenge