I delayed this post until my Apple Core wall quilt reached Bound-Labeled-Done
status. I like the color mix and the block
shape, but this project has convinced me that I don’t want to make another, at
least using this method. It served its
purpose and kept me stitching while unable to access most of my stash and
sewing machine, though. So, no
complaints.
I have all the 16-patch blocks I intended to make for my
Thrift Meets Scrappy Challenge up on the design wall and am playing with
arrangements in order to keep the busier neutrals from being too close to one
another. If I stop here, I will have a
quilt that is approximately 48 X 64 inches.
This still seems a little small to me, and I haven’t decided whether or
not to add borders. Mostly I would just
like to be finished.
My Homage to Mutti English Paper Piecing Project is
progressing too. Now I have four hexie
flowers completed. Mostly for the
benefit of my memory, the picture includes the needles and thread I am using
for the stitching. Both are much finer
than the ones I have used before. I like
the Bottom Line thread because it is nearly invisible when joining the pieces,
but the ends tend to fray making it difficult to thread a needle. Also, it is so fine I have to knot it at the
needle’s eye to keep it from coming unthreaded.
My Fall porch flowers.
2 comments:
apple core EPP was not for me either - I didn't like the shape after I got going on it and only made a mat size - I was surprised that my mums seem to be dying early but they are a distance from the house and I kept forgetting to water them but they did bloom early. Love the quilt
I love your binding choice on the apple core piece.
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