Applique Thursday 9/29/11

What with still going to Duarte 2 days a week, stomach flu and a achy hip, and various other time takers, haven't gotten too far on my owl, but here he is to demonstrate how I lay the pieces in the guide outline to get the placement right.

I find I have to plan the order these are cut out and placed down because I have to add a little fabric where one will lay on top of another.  For instance the right most wing needs some background for the body to be sewn onto, so I cut it out larger than its dimension on the left side.  The left wing is on the top of the owl body, so I will have to cut the body larger on the left side so that there will be some background on which to sew the wing.  Does that make sense?

My soul needs applique to calm it down during this hectic week.  Please share a link to your lovelies past, present or future.

WIP Wednesday 9/28/11

A new wip - actually this is the prototype block - may change a thing or two, but hope to make nine for a flimsey - this is 15" when sewn together.

What are you working on?  Click on Wip Wednesday's by freshly pieces and see what others are up to - ove on my left sidebar.

Crumb-Along #4

Now those were easy and I even had some 4 patches hanging around and was able to make those crumbs quick.

In there is a heart I made and a couple of crumby crumbs.  Oops my 9 patch looks too light - I'm going to have to make extra crumbs to have some leeway in the layout.  They can always go on the back.  Click here to see Jo's instructions for this week and her linky participants.  Not too late to join!

Fabric Tuesday 9/27/11

Here is my revised Fallen Dishes.  If you haven't seen it before, it was the topic of my previous post.  I really like it better with a smaller outside border.  You were right, Bertie - not so overwhelmed now.  Thank you!  And Billie - now we have the better of both worlds - a brown border and an applique that pops.

What is your fabric story for this Tuesday.  Go on over to my left sidebar and click on Fabric Tuesday by Quilt Story and see what others are up to.