Work On Three Applique Projects

I've been working on the appliqued fans for my Fan Flower blocks. 

I now have 11 out of 14 fans. 

Free pattern for Fan Flowers at Tilda's World. 

More Fans of a different kind. 

Remember a week or so ago when I asked WITB? What's in the bin? What's in the bag? The bin had some small rose print scraps and the bag had some small valentine/heart prints. 

I was inspired by Linda's (Kokaquilts) Fantales blocks. My largest scraps in the bin and bag were about 3.5 inches in width so I cut some fan blades from those, made a few fans and appliqued them to some 6 inch squares I cut from some larger scraps that were not in the bin or bag.   I then cut some 1.5 inch scraps and added those to two sides of the Fan. I think I am going to take those 1.5 inch strips off. They overwhelm the little Fans. I might try adding some low volume strips but if those don't work I will just not use any sashing. Or I might sew four blocks together to make a Dresden Plate with no sashing and see how the busy sashing strips look between Dresden Plates. 

But now you know a little more about WITB! 

I have a whole bunch of fan blades cut and the tops to the blades sewn so there is no turning back now. 

I need to add some little circles to the body of this Fanciful Flower but otherwise the applique on this 18 inch block is finished. Now I need to make 5 more Fanciful Flowers. I'll be using different blues and oranges for the flower but keep that gold for what the pattern calls "pollen". 

Fanciful Flowers is a Kathy Doughty pattern found in the book Material Obsession. 

And sew on...

 

Bookmarked

I was looking at bookmarks sticking out of a few quilting books. 

Then I decided to do more than look and to make. So now I have a few new starts.

Blueberry Farm from Scrappy Firework Quilts by Edyta Sitar.

Mine might have to be called Strawberry Farm. I'm making mine with browns and pinks and have sewn about half of the strip sets required. 

Twilight Flock

From From the Cover (Quilter's Newsletter Magazine Editors and Contributors)

I did a few sample blocks with scrap I had laying near the sewing machine.

This will be a new Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) project using dark scraps. 

Fanciful Flowers

From Material Obsession by Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke

Freezer paper applique ready for one block A.

Shiloh

From Best of Fons & Porter Scrap Quilts

My quilt will be in reds, whites and blues. I've been working on 25 blocks and have a couple of rounds completed. 

December has been a month of a lot of new starts for me. I have finished 76 quilts this year (a lot of them donation quilts and a few of them hand quilted) and busted a tiny bit over 400 yards of fabric so I guess I'm entitled to a few new starts! 

My 2023 finishes!

And sew on...