Wow, an Applique Tuesday

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I've been trying the starch and freezer paper method - it takes some getting use to.  You have to work with both hands - left for stiletto and right for the iron - it was hard at first, but I seem to be getting the hang of it.

Was trying it with the Benjamin Biggs Wedding Quilt block #1.  Phew it's all glue basted now.  I just have to machine stitch it.  I'll trim it to a 16 1/2" square once that's done.  Here it is:

I'm not happy with the upper right bud and it's position.  Do you advanced appliquers know if you can move  pieces once they are glue basted with Roxanne's Glue baste?  Please advise.

I'm linking to Connie's Linky Tuesday and Esther's WoW.  Go see the eye candy there.

Coming off the Design Wall

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First the Stash Report.  Nothing in.  2.16 yards out for a QoV quilt.  Otherwise, just working with stuff I've already counted. Numbers are 0n the right sidebar.

Coming off the Design is the first QOV we made over the weekend participating in the QOV Foundation's National Service Day:

 Measures 62 by 69 and made by Deanna, Fern, and me (right to left).  Deanna did the machine embroidery and Fern figured out a design where we could lay it out with one red missing. Then we all sewed it together. It took us just a little over 3 hours to do so.

Here's  a close up so you can see the machine embroidery that is washed out in the first photo.
There were 29 of us Saturday, and we got 15 tops started.  We finished about six in the time we had, but are very close to finishing the others.  There were prizes offered by the QOV Foundation.  Our guild and two members won!

The other quilt top with my 2.16 yards is now being assembled in rows and will be ready by our next guild meeting to show.  Guess what pattern I used and I'll send you a book/pattern. Just leave a comment saying what kind you like to make (piecing, applique, baby, motifs, etc - and I'll see what I can send. 

I'm linking to Judy's Patchwork Times and Lyn's BOMs Away - go there for eye candy.

Hexie Friday Already?!

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Gosh, this week flew by!  Quilty wise not much was accomplished, but a lot of things were happening.  Here's my finished Soupcon hexie flower.  I decided instead of embroidery to do broderie perse as the fabric I have has a lot of great motifs.  And if I embroidered it, I wouldn't be done for a while.  I may put a berry over the flat edges in midnight blue. Not sure yet.  I'll wait until we're further along in this QAL. My other finish for the week is here.

At that show we went to on Sunday (Road to California), I saw some spectacular quilts and of course some had hexagons.  Here's one:

Title is This is not my Grandmother's Garden.

How are you doing on your eye candy?  We would love to see it - hexie or not, finished, in process or dreaming of.  Linky below.  Closes Monday, 11 PM.

I'm linking up to Crazy Mom's Finish it up Fridays and Richard's Link a Finish Friday,