MONTH 2 -- Show Your Progress Here

[Judith A.]

Pinking the seam allowances of curved edges is another great idea. I had forgotten about that. It makes for smoother circles in prepared edge applique. Thank you!

[Judith A.]

Very nice! I like seeing them together. I would like to make an entire quilt with these blocks. I like the way it forms secondary circles.

[Barbara B.]

I love your palette!

[MaryJo M]

All 20 complete. Now on to this month's border arches. I love the totally scrappy look!

[Barbara B.]

Did you see we added the background template shape pattern to Month 2? For those who don’t yet have the acrylic templates.

[Sheridan D.]

All outer fans complete except outer background strips. I will have to be patient and wait for the template. All month 2 cut out and now ready for stitching. This will be the last block using the black line in the lollies fabric

[Janet H.]

Fun Fun Fun
Hand appliqué! Thank you for all the tips!

[Cherie D.]

like the fussy cut for the animals. looks great

[Gail E.]

Finished 5 so far still lots to go. Thanks girls for all the helpful tips. I used Barbara’s method and sewed by machine. I used the narrow blind stitch to tack the crescents down, worked out okay for me.

[Cherie D.]

Month 1 and 2 blocks with extra fans. all month 2 blocks have been cut and marked now to sew them all. Enjoying process but I am a little slow. Cherie D
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[LORI M.]

These are my 6 blocks needed for this round. I’m not using this block for the other border. The curved edges were turned under using a very thin strip of fusible interfacing then straight stitched with matching thread. Some of my corners aren’t good. I hope they’ll look better when the blocks are sewn together.

[Lynnanne]

Thanks for these, Helen! I’m going to make my blocks with these placements

[Helen W.]

I am slowly starting on Pick A Petal. I have been fighting a respiratory virus and vertigo that doesn't want to go away. I am a Sue Garman and Judie Rothermel fan. Pick A Petal is way out of my comfort zone! I am going to try Pick A Petal with some Tula Pink and Kaffe fat quarters that I bought for last years TQS BOM but didn't make. I have a stack of whitish low volume prints that are already prewashed. I am going to prewash the Tula's and Kaffe's as well. Because they are fat quarters, I serge the edges first before I wash them, to prevent fraying. It is something I can do sitting down without much vertigo. Then I will sort them in like colors, wash with a little Synthrapol, and dry in a hot dryer to prevent further shrinking. In the meantime, I am enjoying following everyone's posts on the Forum. Keep up the good work!!!

Judith, Hope you are feeling better each and every day. With Tula and Kaffe in your quilt it will be beautiful. Like I said in an earlier post, they would be a combination that I would have loved to use in this quilt. Serging the edges will take away that tangled mess. My worst mess ever was the flannel I used for last years BOM. When I took it out of the dryer I was wishing I could just throw it
in the garbage can. I have read on one of posts of Barbara, I think, that you can cut a 45 degree angle on the corners and that
helps. I have found that the only fabrics I need Synthrapol for are the batiks. I have a utility tub by our washing machine, I put
the real hot water in there, add the fabrics, wait about 5 minutes and if the the water starts to change color I add the Synthrapol
and swish it around and wait 15 more minutes and then put it in the washing machine on rinse and spin. I have read that
Synthrapol does not work well in front load washers because it does not soak the fabrics in enough water. The other option
is to just throw in some Color Catchers. Post a picture of your fabrics after you get the sorted and ready to go. I have been
loving your technique for glue turned edges on the plastic templates. Here is a picture of what I have so far. I always like
laying them out in different configurations to see if something looks better than the original plan. HelenW

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[Judith A.]

I am slowly starting on Pick A Petal. I have been fighting a respiratory virus and vertigo that doesn't want to go away. I am a Sue Garman and Judie Rothermel fan. Pick A Petal is way out of my comfort zone! I am going to try Pick A Petal with some Tula Pink and Kaffe fat quarters that I bought for last years TQS BOM but didn't make. I have a stack of whitish low volume prints that are already prewashed. I am going to prewash the Tula's and Kaffe's as well. Because they are fat quarters, I serge the edges first before I wash them, to prevent fraying. It is something I can do sitting down without much vertigo. Then I will sort them in like colors, wash with a little Synthrapol, and dry in a hot dryer to prevent further shrinking. In the meantime, I am enjoying following everyone's posts on the Forum. Keep up the good work!!!

[Judith A.]

Georgous!!!