There will be some twists, the final layout will most probably be different. The more I Appliqué, the more I just want to do those really complicated blocks.
Here is the first corner.
I’m enjoying it so much, I got to corner three very quickly. So here is where my ‘improvisation’ comes in. I’m playing with the colors, not all the corners repeat exactly. The stems, the inner part of the flower, staying exactly the same. But other colors are added and moved around.
Final corner! That will be it for this block. I do need to remember that less is often more. I will probably end up signing on the block, that will happen when the whole quilt is together. For now, its’ time to think of the next block.
I mentioned a ship right? These are the few images that keep popping up. Luckily for me, I bought Elly Sienkiewicz books years ago. I only own a few, but they are great.
The only color image here is on the cover, but it is chock full of patterns. So I found the ship, went to Kinkos (or is it the Fedex store these days, I can’t keep track) and. enlarged the pattern. All my blocks are bigger than 12″, I think that is one reason why I’m enjoying the appliqué so much.
This is clipper Ship. Elly gives a whole description of the block. I’ll share more when I start working on this.
Elly designed this peacock block. Another one I would like to make.
Also enlarged. I notice there is a butterfly here, not sure that I like it, but hey, when I get to this block, I’ll decide if I’m including it or not.
Another book has a lot of Papercuts. So now you know where the Hawaiian quilts got their style of Papercuts. Wives of those whalers came from New England. They brought this technique and adapted it to the local flora. Yes, I’ve made my Hawaiian quilt, but will probably include a more traditional Papercuts. In January I’m taking a class with Rosa from Apliquilt. It’s about designing a large Papercut. So who knows, maybe I’ll wait until after that class and design my own.
And then there are these baskets of plenty. The first century was very hard, but with time, and certainly by the 19th century, America was the land of plenty. There are many paintings of the bounty of Americas’ agriculture, of course there would be quilt blocks as well, so one of these will appear as well. I have plenty of patterns’ in Ellys’ books.
My messy table with a pile of fabrics. This is how I work.
Leah