Finished October BOMs!

Beautiful. The more I see of that colour scheme, the more I love it. . In message , Carole-Retired and Loving It writes

Your appliqué turned out beautifully! I'll have to look into that method. Also love your purple fabric!

Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia

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I was so frustrated by appliqué that I bought that book after reading somewhere else about the technique. It helps to go through the practice exercises she gives. Of course, I didn't do that to start with. I was too anxious to jump right in on a "real project!"

What I read that I liked about her method was the "no folding, no pre-ironing, no pre-basting, practically no-pinning" technique behind it.

I'm gett>Your appliqué turned out beautifully! I'll have to look into that method.

Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia

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Carole, naturally I'm drawn to the appliqué block and am here to tell you I'm just delighted with the way you selected the cutting for the flower. The shading is lovely. I think you've become quite expert. Good for you. Polly [ an Expert, by the way, is defined as 'someone 50 miles from home with a briefcase'. You need to start shopping for the briefcase.]

I have a case for my laptop that looks like a briefcase. Will that do? When I worked (elementary school teacher) I was a "quilted tote bag" person instead of a briefcase person. I know I'm more than fifty miles from the swamp.

I did fussy cut when I cut the petals for the appliqué to try to get some shad>Carole, naturally I'm drawn to the appliqué block and am here to tell you

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Carole, I love seeing your blocks!! They are beautiful!!

When you're finished would you please send it for a close up examination? I won't keep it as it has a named home. I just wanna enjoy the Poiples and your handwork for awhile.

Butterfly

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How pretty! I love the applique! Are you thinking of settings yet?

chipper

"Carole-Retired and Loving It" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Thanks, everybody. Sorry, I won't be sending it out for inspection. It had better stay here. It's going to be set very traditionally with sashings and cornerstones, which are already made. I think I have a picture of them at the beginning of that same photo album. I've also made the borders and cornerstones. I figured out mathematically what sized borders I SHOULD need assuming my blocks and sashings are all the right size, and by golly, I'm gonna' make that thing fit together! :) I've done a couple of other quilts that way and it has worked fine.

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