Annis, It is just phenomenal! :shock:

Annis, your block is beautiful! And so tiny. I can't wait to see how this quilt turns out!

OH MY! Annis, it is beautiful and so small! Great job.

My original idea for this BOM was to make a miniature using my 2009 BOM fabrics. Then when I decided to do the Christmas one instead I was going to abandon this one. But I found this Wind Blown Rose design in EQ7 and I just had to make it. I changed the design slightly to make it work "easier" as a miniature and added the hearts to the background because it just needed them. I used the heart at the top of Sue's design decreased by 50%. The applique was done 2 weeks ago but then I got side tracked with all of those half-square triangles which had to be finished first because I was getting more than my maximum of 3 projects at a time. I added the piping and setting triangles today. It finishes at 5 1/4". It was supposed to be 5" but I didn't allow room for the piping so had to add 1/4". I used Wash-Away Applique and it worked okay. Of course I didn't have anything to compare it to since this was my first miniature applique. For the circle I also used Stable Stuff because it needed to be stiffer. I'm glad there was only one circle. It measures a little less than 3/8". The applique was sewn by hand and I often had to use a stab stitch where the layers overlapped. I soaked all of the glue out of the applique before adding the setting triangles. I used a lot of glue so it took a lot of soaking. The first time it came out stiff. So I added a little detergent to the water and let it soak for awhile. It's now as soft as it can be considering all of the tiny pieces with the turned under edges that sometimes overlap. Now I'm ready for the next border but it will have to wait until later in the month. I'm doing the Christmas one first.

Janice, thank you. I look forward to it too

Zarah, your block is beautiful I am very impressed with the fact that you dyed your own fabrics. :shock: That is not easy to do. I am looking forward to see the rest of your fabrics and blocks.

I added my block in the Show & Tell section

eileenkny wrote:
Eileen, if you are doing them by hand, you just want to glue the SS to the back of the fabric, keeping the glue away from the edges because it will make the fabric stiff to put a needle through by hand. You can either use dots of glue or the glue stick. Either one will work.

Yes, you can certainly iron the SS, but it is not a fusible, so it won't stick all by itself!

Hope that helps.

eileenkny wrote:
Yes, that is what I did.

Margo, I'm doing them by hand so should I just put dots of glue away from the edge? I can iron the SS, can't I?

Eileen, complete directions for using Stable Stuff in this project are in the TQS Classroom: [url]learn/classrooms/[/url]

Click on "VIEW" for the Machine Appliqué tutorial.

I've got all my leaf pieces cut out from the Stable Stuff. I have never used this before so it would be great if someone can tell me exactly how they do this.

Thanks for your kind comments on my pink and green block. It was fun to make.

Barbara

Barbara, it is very beautiful.