Month 1 -- show your progress here

[Kati]

thank you Judith, I have just a few inches left, I am hoping to have enough for a star centre but we'll see.

[Terri S.]

Month one is done and it’s only mid-January and likely the only time I will be on track. Liked the Hera marker method for bias strips, house was constructed twice before passing inspection.

[Pam T.]

Since the quilt is called Homeward Bound I have tried to make the center square look like my own home. It is machine and hand appliquéd and thread painted.

[Judith A.]

I like the plaid!

[Ellen L.]

Month 1 is completed! I used the hera marker for the first time and I really liked the way it worked. I'm not as handy with it during the ironing process, but I bet I will be by the time we're done.

[Melanie H.]

I used Sarah's method for the 1/4" stems. Seems to take longer than the bias maker, but I will stay with it for awhile to give it a fair try. The house pieces were very small!

[Laure N.]

Completed today! Like many, I headed to EQ8 as well and made a foundation pattern but printed it out on freezer paper & pieced using Wendy Williams method. Cathy.

Love love love the plaid!

[Pam T.]

[Judith A.]

Helen, thank you so very much. Sounds like a great method. I will have to look for some Ultrasuade. Thank you for sharing! Judy

One for practice, it takes me longer to figure out how to post than to make the block! Lol

[Helen W.]

Love your red with black dot fabric. If you feel that you could use a little more contrast on the yellow house with white windows,
you could use black embroidery thread to outline the house outlines and it would coordinate with the black dots. If you click on my house
image you can see a twisted thread stitch technique that Ricky Tims taught in a show back about 8 or so years ago.It is great for making a defined pretty stitch around the edge of applique, or I also use it on the seam lines in blocks some times. HelenW

[Helen W.]

Just adding mine to the crowd.

Holly, Your quilt looks like it will go well with your avatar quilt. I have the star point fabric in my stash too. Love it. HelenW

[Helen W.]

Love the pets! How did you do them?

Judith,
I googled cat and dog silhouettes. Took a screen shot of two and when I went to print on our iMac, I put 30% the original
size. Then I printed it on freezer paper and ironed that to a scrap of black ultra suede (it does not fray) that had steam
a seam on the scrap and cut it out. fused to the block, and straight stitch small stitches. HelenW