Sigh. No applique yet, but I'm almost done with the commission quilt - which is a good thing as I have to take it to the meeting this Thursday. I finished the last large blocks this morning. Here is how I did them. As you can see in the photo, there were large blocks surrounding by the sashing I quilted. In the black and white blocks I echo quilted once around the symbols. I wanted to do something similar for the orange, brown and light blocks. I decided to use the whole note as the symbol to quilt in them. So off to look for public domain music symbols.After finding one I made a copy (it's the first figure in the photo below). I didn't want to waste ink, so I made an outline copy ( figure 2) Too small for my six inch blocks, so I had to go about enlarging it. Fortunately, my printer enlarges and reduces. I just had to do a little math. Now don't panic - it isn't algebra or any thing like that - just some multiplying. I measured the width of the note and it measures 2.75 inches. Multiplying by 2 made it 5.75 - too large. I then multiplied by 1.80 and got 4.95 - good just a bit shy from 5 inches wide - just right for my six inch block (figure 3). So I made one that size, copied onto freezer paper, and iron them onto the white blocks of the quilt.
Here's my first quilted motif. Once all those white background ones were done I decided to change thread for the orange and brown squares.
Now on to the binding, Any questions? Feel free to ask me in the comments. I'm linking to Esther's WOW and Connie's Linky Party. See you there.
