My first block of Wrapt in Love by Esther cut out waiting to be machine appliqued down! My goodness I had so much fun making this block, I call it Alice after Alice in Wonderland as I saw the flowers in the pictures of Alice when she was at the tea Party as soon as I saw the print out. Yes those are wee fish jumping out of the flower fish bowl, remember this block is called Alice? LOL.
I decided I WAS going to blog this week and link with Esther’s WOW or WIP’s but it’s 7pm and no blog written so I will share my Pansy journey instead that I wrote a couple of days ago, so many of you will have seen it? This is where I’m upto on my HOTYH. Esther Aliu’s 2019 BOM
As a moderator on Esther Aliu’s BOM group I receive the parts or pattern early, this is so we can pre make some of the designs to be able to answer question on it from members. So I have been working on the hexagons, using washaway irononfreezer papers, then machine joining all the seams, finishing off basting by hand all the outer edges ready to be hand appliqued to my Centre. I was surprised how well the hexagons went sewing those seams by machine, I have to say it was tricky doing the one inch long seams, but the rest went smoothly.
It is going to be a beautiful and different quilt that’s for sure?
Close up of those hexagons before sewing them together by sewing machine, first time I have done EPP by sewing machine and hand??? This is my 1st hexagon Block of 4.
Same centre just the light playing on the silks?
Tonight I finally managed to cut out my 52inch square for HOTYH Centre. My fabric was wide enough to cut it out in one piece, then I had to cut ironon interfacing for it and iron it on, that was the hard part it is so difficult not to get a wrinkle any where??? So there it is in all its glory ready of all the applique to be added??? What a wonderful quilt it is going to be.
Its interesting the things that make Quilters happy, on Tuesday a friend gave me something of her mums that she said she would never use?
Much to my delight they will fit my Janome and my 380 Bernina, she was surprised at how happy she made meLOL.
Then this morning a friend dropped in and said can you use these? Amongst the goodies was some irononfussing, and some iron interfacing both I was right out of and needed to do any work on The two quilts I’m working on, I did a little jig and she said they aren’t that wonderful? But they sure were to this quilter LOL
Starting to machine appliqué down my applique pieces for block 1 of Wrapt in Love by Esther Aliu it is her free BOM for 2019, a lovely happy fun beautiful design .
I was procrastinating over machine appliqueing down my sweet wee pansy faces then decided to make a sample with the same fabrics and backing fabric that mine were made off, here is how I tackled it with help and good advice from Jenny (Henry)
I started on the yellow centre doing a straight Stich to out line it, my stitch length was almost zero. I was sewing one stitch at a time to get around the curves? Yellow thread is a sulky No 40
Then I filled it in with straight stitch with the length at the same setting almost zero
Stage 3 I set my double button hole at my lowest settings and appliqued down the right side of my purple face then did straight stitches radiating from the very centre of the purple shape. This was my first mistake, I should of buttonhole stitched down the mauve central shape petals first then done the purple face??
checking with the camera to see how it looks, use your camera when you are not sure if you are on the right track? It will not lie?
ON to the left part of the purple face double blanket stitch you could use a very small zig zag instead, but I found I could place that straight part of the blanket stitch along the edge of the shape?
close up and I hold my breath till I see it’s working?
on to the bottom part of the face still using double blanket stitch but Stich length a tiny bit wider bite in and a long Stich length same colur thread which is a rayon no 40. Used this thread count through out.
On to the next stage I double button holed down top two petals using a fairly normal setting .
Both top petals done, I then did the light mauve petals that I should have done straight after doing my yellow centre. Again using double blanket stitch you can use the stitch you like using when doing your machine appliqué.
Last front petal was again done with double blanket stitch then I added the straight stitches to the petal and it was complete. I hope this helps to take the fear out of any of you worrying about machine appliqueing your pansy’s. Secret is to go SLOW?!
Thanks for all of you who made it to the end of my blog this week LOL off to link with Esther on her WOW or WIP’s hope many of you will join us to read the other links or to link your self.
Cheers Glenda
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