March!

This morning was cloudy and dreary, but I did venture out for yoga class. The sun came out this afternoon, so bright and cheerful looking, however the air is COLD! An excellent afternoon to spend in my happy place sewing room.
After my trip to the bank on Friday, I thought I had lost a $20 dollar bill. I was thinking that I hope whoever finds it will make good use of it. Today I discovered it in my iphone pouch! Happy dance time!
What I am working on quilty wise:
-hand appliqueing the 25th and last block for Applique Affair.
-machine appliquing a Dresden Star block see photo)

May 17, 2014

Applique Affair block.

I finished my 15th block this week. Nine more to go, maybe the top will be finished this year.

Applique Affair Block # 8

My handwork project is moving along. I finished the block and see that one of the leaves is wonky. I'll leave it on the design wall for a while and see if it bugs me enough to do over.

A Completed Hand Project Block

The seventh block (of 25) for Applique Affair is done.

Applique

After seeing some beautiful applique quilts at our show, I was inspired to get out my hand applique project- block #6 of Applique Affair (Edyta Sitar's pattern). Got some wash-away freezer paper; that I learned about from Beth Ferrier's website - it worked very well. Traced the pieces onto the paper (the sheets would fit into a printer also), ironed it on back of the fabric, cut out with seam allowance (3/16th inch) and then turned and glued them - no pokies! When the stitching was finished, instead of cutting away the foundation fabric to get freezer paper out, all you do is rinse the block in warm water and it comes out nice and soft. Love this method!