BOM 2018: Morning Glory Part 3

In Part 3 it's time to make the 16 x Log Cabin blocks. I love the simple heritage of these blocks and  they really shine in this quilt - the mix of all the gorgeous main fabrics coming together just zings.

Simple but highly effective 

Once I had prepped my pieces, I turned my afternoon into a Log Cabin Production Line..

To make sure my blocks didn't grow, I drew a 5.5 inch square on my mini ironing board. My mini ironing board is simply a wooden board that I cover in layers of freezer paper by ironing them down on top of each other. 

When I'm creating something specific, like this production line, I draw the template down on the freezer paper before ironing it. Then, when I'm finished, I simply tear away that freezer paper sheet and iron down a new sheet. I also do this in-between applique sessions that use glue to keep my ironing board spotlessly clean. It works for me!

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

WOW: Collecting KFC WIPs

WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays 

Do I look busy enough already? Apparently not, because I've gone and added a KFC kit to my list of things to get done in 2018. Nope, I don't know what I'm doing either. 

Like many people, I went and stockpiled some KFC fabrics these last 2 weeks and I'm glad I did because it made me list and commit to those quilts I knew I definitely wanted to make. It also increased my WIP list by about a metre. I have no idea how I'm going to squeeze it into my schedule, but what can I say, this Lattice With Vases kit was just too good to pass up.

What's Your WOW? 

Did You Panic Buy KFC to secure your Fabric Stash?

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BOM2018: Morning Glory Leaf Details

When I stitched the berries on my leaves, I thought they looked a bit empty, but I didn't want to fill them in with thread as I thought it would look too 'red' heavy.

 Instead, I opted to cut out little circles and pop those in as each little berry.

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

BOM 2018: Morning Glory Bird Details

I love it how these applique shapes take on their own personality as you make them, they end up being proper little characters. I can just about hear this bird chirping with glee. I have a lot of noisy birds in my backyard and I think it's really influenced a lot of my designs. 

 Everyone always wants to see the back of my work, so here it is.

I use Floriani Stitch N Wash Fusible and turn the edges using Elmer's Glue and a manicure stitch. 

If you'd like to read more about my applique techniques, I have a link to all my Applique posts and you can find it on the top banner of this blog page. 

 Glue it into place using liquid stitch

 This is the back of my embroidery stitch for the feet

 and this is what the front looks like.

As the eye fell right on a polka dot, I didn't make a separate circle piece to enhance this area which is what I usually do, I simply pulled a knot for the eye

 and these are my birdy feet in position on the stem

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

BOM 2018: Morning Glory Centre

 Just glue basting my applique shapes into position

 until I'm ready to sew them down

I use Roxanne Basting Glue to do this

Now that I can see my centre in all it's beauty, I'm really pleased I opted for a dark background. I was in two minds about it, and the fabric had some flaws that irritated me, but I'm glad I stuck with it. 

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

BOM2018: Morning Glory, Flipping My Centre!

You know how I went to all that effort and 'pounced' my quilt top centre to transfer the pattern design? Well it turns out I was just overthinking everything, as usual. In fact, I don't even know why I wasted any time thinking about it at all. Because in over thinking it, I unnecessarily complicated it. I'm just one of those people who needs to get stuck in and find ways around challenges on the spot. When I give myself time to think it over, I usually think it into a complicate knot system.

So obviously, the most logical way to transfer the applique design onto a dark background is to first trace it onto transparent paper (I used baking paper which I think is also called grease paper),taped together to get the square size. I traced the design down. Then I pinned the shapes down, reversed.

And I did all this 'automatically' as I was progressing with my applique. It was only once I was half way done that I realized that I didn't need to do it... because I had already pounced the design.

 Yes, really. 

 So anyway, I decided to keep going with it because it just made sense to.

 When all my pinned pieces were in position, I then flipped my paper over

 and wiggled it into perfect placement

 Now, I already had my bias stems in place, so this is why I didn't need to transfer them.

 I lifted the paper, and unpinned the shapes in segments, leaving them in position on the background.

And now I will glue baste them into position for sewing down later. 

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

WOW: 'Love Always': My KFC Vase!

WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays

There's been a decidedly 'Morning Glory' theme to my posts this past week and I've loved it but I have also been working on my Love Always BOM. 

I'm making 3 x LA's and I'm using Kaffee Fassett for two of them. One will be on a white background and the other on a dark background. My 3rd LA will be created on a red and white fabric print. Will I get all three done? I sure hope so. 

It looks like everyday will be a WIP in my house this year, not just Wednesdays!

What's Your WOW?

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