Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Pattern Testing - Elephant for The Tartankiwi

I've been testing out a paper-pieced elephant pattern for Juliet at The Tartankiwi. This fella is 2' x 2' of adorableness. I decided to bust out some of my batik stash. I'm enjoying the unnatural colors I chose, except I wish I would have gone a shade darker for the head and trunk.


He came together nicely. I appreciated the overview, included in the pattern, which showed how all the sections go together. I used this as a coloring book outline to try out color combinations.

I would recommend that you clear a good amount of table space before launching into this block, because it involves aligning and taping together a dozen pieces of paper.

I'm really pleased with the outcome, and would like to thank Juliet for letting me test out this cutie. She has other great patterns available too, if you'd like to poke around her Craftsy store.



Have any of you tested a pattern before? If so, who did you test for?

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8 comments:

  1. Your elephant looks lovely! I especially like the pattern detail for his tusks and tail. The motion in his trunk is very realistic, too. I have never tested a pattern before, but I think I would be happy to try it out sometime in the future. :)

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    1. I recommend offering to test for Juliet. She was great to work with, and the pattern was really fun. Many pattern designs request testers on their blogs every once in a while, so following these blogs is a great way to have the opportunity to test a pattern.

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  2. Such a cute elephant! At first I thought the eyes were buttons but I see now that they're also fabric. I've never pattern tested before but I probably should since I'm famous for finding mistakes. BTW, just saw that you switched up your blog photo in the right bar. Looks great.

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    1. Buttons, or appliqué even, would be a great idea for paper piecing patterns that have fiddly pieces for circles. These ones weren't too bad, but there are some that I would definitely consider an alternative. It sounds like you'd be a great pattern tester/editor.

      Thanks, I finally had a photo taken without my entire family. This hadn't happened since I've been a stay at home mom and can't rely on the complimentary annual teacher photos.

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  3. Great block and the choice of batiks really makes it special!
    Thanks for linking up at MOP Monday!! :)

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    1. I wasn't sure how the batiks would turn out, but I needed to put my stash to use. I am happy with the result. Thanks for hosting the link-up.

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  4. Great block and fabrics. It looks so beautiful. I love your work. Thanks for sharing.
    Love from Amsterdam

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    1. You are welcome. Thank you for coming by. I hope I get to test out another of Juliet's patterns in the future.

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