Applique Tuesday

Well, I did it - I can't believe it, but Part 2 of Love Entwined is done. 

Phew those zigzags were a trial.  I sort of used Happy Appliquer Heather's method (see my blog list).  It took her 4 hours  - it took me 4 days! LOL.  It called for very precise piecing to get those strips just the right width.  Veer for just a millimeter and over time - put the whole set out of whack - sigh.  That seam ripper was getting a lot of use.

I'm linking to Connie's Linky Party Tuesday and Esther's WOW.  Would love to see your applique or any other project.  Don't mind if it was something you made a while ago - still new to me. Come on and share.  Linky below:

Stash/Design Wall Monday

I pulled some muddied colors from my stash to the amount of 4.6 yards.  I realized that I like to use and enjoy clear colors (definition by Becky at Piece O' Cake), so off they go to the guild's Thrifty Corner for others to hoard. I used a half yard from my stash to make a row around my LE and then a few tiny scraps more for 4 more star flowers and that's all.  The fabric for the charity quilt was from St. Anne's stash.  Here are my numbers:

in 0.0 yds.; out 5.1 yds.

Stash in YTD: in 9.0 yds., out 107.08 yds.

Donated YTD: 48.06 yds

Net for 2013: out 98.08 yds

 

On my design wall is the charity quilt I'm working on now:

 

I'm using up a pile of 7" squares - all different.  Easy peasy to make those half square triangles and build the rows.  I like this pattern because depending on where you focus you can see hour glass blocks, pinwheels, broken dishes, cracker barrels, square in a square. Three more blocks to go for my 36" square.

What's on your design wall?  I'm linking to Judy's Patchwork Times and Lyn's BOMs Away to see eye candy.



FMQ Friday on Saturday

I'm very slowly working on quilting a charity quilt instead of having it tied.  This one called out for quilting a motif in the center squares.  After going through my books, I picked a butterfly designed by Mary Covey.  Here's the flimsy I'm working on:

The first square

and a closeup

I traced the pattern onto freezer paper and then cut around it.  I ironed it to the square and then sewed around it.  I used a free motion foot (aka darning foot - open).  I'm going to use a different color thread for each butterfly.

I'm linking to Leah's FMQ Friday.  Don't miss it.  Happy quilting!