I can’t settle on one quilting project, which is unusual for me. As you know, I’ve really been enjoying applique and want to start a larger project.
Look at this owl! Yes it is embroidery, from the book Crewel Creatures. I bought the book specifically for this pattern, I will applique it, although you never know, there may be some embroidery involved as well.
I must have gotten this kit in some giveaway. Perfect! Let me work on this with my appliquick tools.
There is a reason why we have so many different marking pencils. The white ceramic pencil is perfect on the black. My Daylight lightbox is also a God send. I bought mine a few years ago, the price has really dropped! Go grab one.
I can see why someone gave away this kit, it’s a lot of fiddly little pieces. I’m fine with that, but most people aren’t.
For the stems I am using the smallest of these applique rulers, 1/8″, it really works!
I’m also working on a pieced quilt. Having fun using my rulers to get accuracy. 
These blocks are 9″, I’m working off a quilt pattern, but I’m reverse engineering. Which is what quilters have always done, see patterns they like and figure it out. 
This won’t be a wall hanging, well, actually, maybe it will. I’m thinking of making a full-size lap quilt and I”m not sure I have enough of the background fabric, so these blocks are practice and may end up in a smaller project.
Remember my trip to Michael Levines? I gave a private tour downtown on Saturday, it started at noon, so I dashed into the store before my tour. So the lightest fabric in my pile is the only one I payed full price for. All the others are from the remnant table. This is the first time I’ve seen solids on their remnant site. They also had each costumer pull out a card at the register, I got an additional 15% off. My whole haul was $80….
I labeled my Double Wedding Ring quilt.
And shared it at Valley Modern Quilt guild.
Leah