I have continued to work on my own projects this week. It is normal for me to always have multiple project going, I tend to get bored so switch back and forth between them.
I finished Week 1 of my Autumn Nights Mystery Quilt Along this week. These are fun and the Fat Quarter Shop offers the patterns free along with Youtube tutorials.The points on these stars are fussy and small finishing at 1". If one pins on the star fabric piece they often shift while sewing them on the drawn line. I discovered that if you use a glue stick it holds so much better and you are going to trim off that underside anyway so it doesn't cause any sticky issues.My second project I just have just started, again is a free pattern and instructions at suzyssitcom.com. The pattern is a monthly offering and there are several different appliqué patterns offered.This is block number 1, where I am so far. I do not plan to add the cup and tea bag and probably not as many of the flowers either. I have a good deal of experience doing appliqué projects. My method is machine appliqué with a small buttonhole stitch with matching colors of thread. Suzy's patterns are wonderful, but they are not beginner friendly to my way of thinking either. Instructions and layouts are sometimes scant and a bit confusing at times. But if you do enjoy appliqué by what ever method you prefer it is definitely worth taking advantage of them.
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