MONTH 2 — Share Your Progress HERE

[Barbara B.]

Great choice! A simple block that looks dressed up in your choice of fabric.

[Helen W.]

Jo Anne, I like the look of having the berries red like the heart, and using 2 fabrics for the leaves or
what they call those shapes. Looking good. HelenW

[Helen W.]

Very pretty fabric collection you are using. What is it called? HelenW

[Helen W.]

Cathy L. I love, love. love your quilt. The color palette is to die for. Excellent contrast to show secondary design. So creative with the fussy cutting for the baskets. I could look at it for hours.
Definitely will help me when my fabrics become available. Just curious. Do you make a coloring page or use EQ8 so you have something to follow, or do you just wing it. I am so impressed. I can not
sit and sew for more than 2 hours at a time. I would love to know how you can get so much done,
great quality of piecing and beautifully designed. Open to any tips you want to share. HelenW

[baerbel.sch]

Month 2 completed. I decided to make economy blocks. As Barbara said: make the quilt your own.

[Amy L.]

Nice to see I’m not the only one who has finished the quilt centre too

[Barbara B.]

A question for you. I am still new to applique. Would you ever applique the heart onto the circle fabric, first, and then cut out the circle and applique it on?

Yes, you certainly can. Start with a hunk of fabric that will be the circle. Appliqué the heart on it. Then cut the circle the appropriate size so you can appliqué it in place. This allows you to be sure the heart is right where you want it rather than askew as can happen.

[Cindy G.]

I decided to digitize the design and do the appliqué using my embroidery machine. It took quite awhile of playing around but finally I like my sample block . Now to make 12 of the blocks

[Cindy G.]

[Cathy L.]

This is the William Morris stripe I used for the baskets. I bought it some time ago and was so excited when I realized I could use it in this quilt.

[Cathy L.]

These closeups show the colors and details better than the big picture. One of my favorite parts was the baskets, and I usually don’t like baskets. For the basket part I fussy cut a stripe and I love how it turned out. It is one single piece. I used two different stripes throughout the quilt to frame some of the blocks.

[Cathy L.]

I’ve been obsessed with this quilt since I saw it. After I made the first 8 blocks, I couldn’t stop. Everything is from my stash, from 30-year-old Moda fabric to Carrie’s Caramels and Creams (a favorite), to current William Morris. I knew I didn’t want to do appliqué, so I replaced it with some of my favorite fabrics. I enlarged the center star and echoed the design around it rather than using flying geese. I made lots of other small tweaks. Now I’m trying to decide how I want to lengthen it. I wish my camera did a better job of capturing the colors.

[Jo Anne]

I finished 3 of the 12 so far. I am using the same fabric for all the hearts, center circles, and berries for all 12, but using different fabrics for the petals. I used freezer paper, starch, and a long pin to turn the edges of the applique pieces. Added a touch of Roxanne’s glue for placement. Then I used my Bernina to blanket stitch to the background. I usually hand appliqué… but I have 3 other projects going on right now…

[Lorry0]

I’m appliquing the hearts first, next I’ll attach the black circle. In my mind this is easier. Have the hearts ready to sew on, a tonight watching TV task. Lorry

[Kris H.]

I love these blocks! You have a real talent for fabric selection! And piecing…and appliqué!