Sunday, Sunday 8/17/14

First, the linky party for eye candy of any kind is still on til Monday, 3PM, PDT.  See the previous Hexie Weekend post.

Second, going through more boxes found about 20 yards to donate to the Lutheran Church for charity blankets.  These are big pieces that will make great backs.  I also used 1.5 yards to make my next charity top for St. Anne's.  I bought a JayBird Quilts Hex N More ruler and decided to try it today (I just got it yesterday).

Will measure about 32"by 37".  Good for infant, stroller or car seat use.  These blocks are actually on the wall on an actual design wall.  I bought a block butler way back in 2004.  It's been buried behind a pile of boxes, and I couldn't reach it.   I was able to take it down today, wash it and put it back up again in a new place.  I'll probably buy some flannel to go over it as plain unsewn blocks stay up, but once I have blocks that are sewn together or have seams, they don't stay up too well.

Numbers on the right sidebar.  I'm linking to Judy's Patchwork Times and Lyn's BOMs Away. See you there. And thanks for stopping by.

Hexie Weekend

At last a hexie flower to show.  Sat down to watch the first of the Lord of the Rings movies and got it done.

The little lizard is actually a blue color, but that's what I get taking a photo at night.  Started another one, but the movie was so interesting I was doing more watching than sewing - hehe.

What have you been up to?  Would love to see you link your hexies or otherwise so we can all see your eye candy.  Linky below.  Ends Mondy, around 3pm.

Blessings!

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Applique Tuesday

A process I'd like to share with you -and it does involve applique:

 I did finish that block you saw in the previous post.  It is a block from a BOM from a 2010 blog hop.  I had no choice in the fabric selections, though I love the collection they used.  You got the blocks as kits.  This paper piecing one I have been putting off for a long time.

 Above you see the finished and joined 4 units.  Phew, that took me a while to do!  I then pulled off the paper at the seams I pressed open and the seam paper allowance around the outside of the circle formed by the units.

 Next, with a dry iron, I ironed over the seam allowance onto the paper.  This was to make it easier to starch the seam allowance in the next step.  The copy paper was stiff enough that I could use it for the freezer paper in the starch method.

 Next I got out my spray starch, spritzed a little in a dish and with a brush proceeded to starch/press down the seam allowance on the outer edge.  Above is what it looks like once starched in place.  I then took out all the paper, turned it to the front and pressed one more time to get the seam allowance to lay flat again.

I then placed it on the black background and sewed it between the black fabric and the ground (black with green dots).  Then I added the river and sky.  It is now ready to hand applique around my half circle.  Think I now have 22 blocks of this series done.  Maybe 2 or 8 more to do.  Can't remember how many of these 8" blocks are left.

So not an applique block per say, but one in which I incorporated applique because I either lost or never got the template for the black piece to put these two parts together in the normal way - sewing a seam.

What are you up to?  I'd love to see your eye candy!  Leave me a comment and I'll come and visit to take a peek.  I'm linking to Connie's Linky Tuesday Party.  Blessings to all.