"Afternoon Delight" was one of Sue Garman's favorite patterns. This wonderfully scrappy quilt is truly a delight to make with its combination of simple appliqué and Double Nine-Patch blocks and modified Shoo Fly blocks. Each month you will work on pieced and appliquéd blocks, and in the final month, you will assemble the blocks and add the outer border. The finished quilt measures approximately 86 1/2" inches square.
Let's use this Topic "Afernoon Delight Show and Tell" as a place to show off your beautiful blocks. That way, you know where to come to see what everyone is doing.
The topics that apply to each month are a good place to ask questions or make suggestions for each block.
AND when you post your photos to Social Media, like Instagram, Facebook, etc., use either of these hash tags so everyone there will be able to find our wonderful work:
Most people struggle at first to get the hang of it. When you realize the seams will only swirl if you are pushing them in the correct direction--this will be different depending on which way the top seam allowance is pressed--to the left or to the right.
I wonder who came up with the idea to swirl seam allowances so they would lay flatter? I did my first one yesterday and it took forever, the second one didn't go much better but then today I got it. Just finished pressing about 20 9-patch blocks and they do lay much flatter. Will be much easier to quilt. Another new technique for me thanks to The Quilt Show.
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