This week, so far has been all about daisies. The wonderful thing about this collection is that I found all of these fabrics in my stash . How cool is that. The first item built was a table runner. I had some fusible fleece left over from another project so thought I would try it out as the batting for the runner. I quilted it to the top, fusible side down before I attached the backing. I then put the right sides together, top and backing, sewed a 1/4" along 3 edges, turned it right side out and then closed it up at the end. I then proceeded to fuse the fleece to the backing. I was very pleased with the result.
Several years ago I made my daughter a tote bag out of this stunning black floral print. It had blue handles and I had found this orangey/yellow batik to go with it which I used for the pockets. There was plenty of the fabric left over so it went into my stash. It got pulled out this week along with a matching green dot so I thought I would have some fun with it. The some what abstract blue flowers on this print reminded me of forget-me-nots. Why not start out with an appliqued forget-me-not on a hot pad but.....what should I use for the background. A search through my stash revealed that I had plenty of light blue scraps and WOW they looked GREAT with the black print. I did a quick quilt as you go stripe to use as the background. Once the 6 1/2" block was made I appliqued the posie and leaves onto it and used the black print as the border. It SCREAMED SPRING!!! and I loved it.
April 14 is the cut off this year for applying to the local Garlic & Arts Festival. Once again this year it will be the last weekend in September. When I was accepted last year, the artist coordinator gave me some feed back about my application. Most people on the jury obviously have seen my work since part of the feed back was that the photos I included did not do my work justice.
It's Friday...YEAH! You can probably tell by the photo what I have been up to this week! I spotted this fabulous blueberry fabric and OF COURSE, immediately thought of the the shop up in Maine, Mainely Quilts, that sells my wares. Blueberry fabric of ANY kind is difficult to find and to find one as nice as this one.....I was VERY pleased. I am now kicking myself for only buying a yard of it. First I made the apron. Since this fabric is wicked expensive I decided to feature it in a tri-colored apron. The blueberries are an indigo blue and when I found that orangey red fabric in my stash, I felt it was a match made in heaven.
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This week, so far has been all about daisies. The wonderful thing about this collection is that I found all of these fabrics in my stash 
. How cool is that. The first item built was a table runner. I had some fusible fleece left over from another project so thought I would try it out as the batting for the runner. I quilted it to the top, fusible side down before I attached the backing. I then put the right sides together, top and backing, sewed a 1/4" along 3 edges, turned it right side out and then closed it up at the end. I then proceeded to fuse the fleece to the backing. I was very pleased with the result. 
Several years ago I made my daughter a tote bag out of this stunning black floral print. It had blue handles and I had found this orangey/yellow batik to go with it which I used for the pockets. There was plenty of the fabric left over so it went into my stash. It got pulled out this week along with a matching green dot so I thought I would have some fun with it. The some what abstract blue flowers on this print reminded me of forget-me-nots. Why not start out with an appliqued forget-me-not on a hot pad but.....what should I use for the background. A search through my stash revealed that I had plenty of light blue scraps and WOW they looked GREAT with the black print. I did a quick quilt as you go stripe to use as the background. Once the 6 1/2" block was made I appliqued the posie and leaves onto it and used the black print as the border. It SCREAMED SPRING!!! and I loved it.
April 14 is the cut off this year for applying to the local Garlic & Arts Festival. Once again this year it will be the last weekend in September. When I was accepted last year, the artist coordinator gave me some feed back about my application. Most people on the jury obviously have seen my work since part of the feed back was that the photos I included did not do my work justice.