She's coming together

And not very gracefully either.  I've stitched and unstitched and thought about laying it aside for awhile.  That blue border just didn't want to be, too big, too little, geesh where does my brain go.  Something so simple, oh well shes on her way now.  All that's left is the wavy border that I'm carefully planning and plotting and measuring and remeasuring. 

Here's another one that I've been working on.  I started it last year about this time and quickly tired of all the issues of my Lemoyne stars.  So I recently ran across them while wading through my UFO's.  And back in the box she is for now, yes I had more issues.  Are you seeing a pattern here?  Issues with everything I touch lately. 

 And the girls, aren't they loud!  Love'em!  Making a wall hanging and starting over was my first thought after I finished the block, but now they have grown on me and I'm ready for the next one.  You can find the free pattern at this blog  http://erinrussek.typepad.com/one-piece-at-a-time/ its a free pattern until the end of the month.  She's also started on her new block of the month.  Hop on over and take a look, she also has lots of good information on hand applique.  Thanks Erin! Pin It

Half Square Triangle BOM

I've never done BOM's before, but this year so far I'm doing 3!  One of them I'm actually making 2 of each block.  Why you ask, because I'm also teaching a couple of friends how to put it together.  So I make a test block before each lesson.  And then I found this really easy one here  http://incolororder.blogspot.com/2012/01/hst-block-of-month-january.html  , and it helps to reduce the stash, which is another objective.  Here's my block.   Took me less than an hour to put this beauty together.  Hop on over and take a look and join the fun!  I'm also just starting The My Tweets BOM.  When I get my first block done I'll post. 

And this is my practice block for my other BOM.  Its from our LQS.  Not sure I'm liking the color placement on this....humm....what do you think?  Should I remake with the white and lavender switched?  Pin It

Progress is slow

Yep very slow, this pieces are so tiny.  I've not done much applique and boy did I pick a doosy!

 Talk about pain, pressing the bud cups around the template is very tricky.  My fingers get a bit hot!  Can't wait till it all comes together.  I'll be using the fabric line Summer Breeze by Moda for the border fabrics.  The vines leaves and rose buds are from my scrap bin.  The colors blend well with the Moda fabric.  A few of my scraps will be added to the the Summer Breeze in order to make it "Flow". Pin It

200 times smaller!

This design is from A book called Appliqued Quilts by Craftworld books.  Its called 65 Roses.  However I'm only using 50 or so roses.  I changed the design and shrunk it by 200%.  What was I thinking!  Loving how its coming together.  I also thought I would put a plug in for Roxannes Basting Glue, I love this stuff, it has become a staple in my studio.  Pin It