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"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:

#afternoondelightbom
#afternoondelight2020bom

TOPIC: Month 5–More Appliqué Blocks

Month 5–More Appliqué Blocks 01 May 2020 12:22 #147629

Excellent advice, Helen. Sue loved it when quilters adapted a pattern to make it their own. Great resources there.

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Month 5–More Appliqué Blocks 01 May 2020 10:47 #147628

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Barbara, I went to your blog after downloading Month 5. I loved your idea of substituting or designing your own blocks to
replace any blocks you don't like or getting too similar to other blocks already made in this quilt. It wasn't hard to find that I have
a treasure chest of possibilities in my quilt bookshelves. I pulled both of Elle Sienkiewicz's books The Best of Baltimore Albums and part 2. They are full
of flowers and leaves and great ideas that could be put in the "X" shaped blocks. Pick a flower, and a couple great shaped leaves, and a little design for
the center. Make the X shaped stems and you have a new block. Then I looked at patterns I have that are applique. Bonnie Sullivan, Pearl of P3 designs,
and McKenna Ryan all have elements of applique in their patterns that could be used in a simplified block using the X shape or the circle shape. Bonnie's Penny Garden part 2
that I am using in my Over and Down Under would fit right in with few changes. I have to be careful that I don't go too complex because the blocks should have
the over feel of the same simplicity of the blocks in the quilt. This is adding a whole new element of fun into the project. Thank you for the blog ideas. HelenW
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Month 5–More Appliqué Blocks 01 May 2020 06:24 #147626

Here is the May 1 blog:

bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com/2020/05/afternoon-delight-month-5.html

Post your photos so we can admire all the variety this quilt allows.

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