When I went to Florida last month, I took along an appliqué project that was long-neglected.
I started making the blocks for Blackbird Designs' Gathered Harvest quilt in January of 2018. The project was a BOM from my local quilt shop, Quilted Owl (sadly, now closed).
Most of the blocks were machine appliquéd with invisible thread, but I stitched this one by hand (no sewing machine at my mom's house).
BTW, the project can be found in the book Fresh Picked in case you're looking for a Blackbird Designs project to make in honor of Barb Adams.
With this block complete, I only need to make four Grapevine Wreath blocks.
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| Grapevine Wreath by Barb Adams |
Shouldn't take too long to make four of these blocks, right?
You'll notice each block has 20 appliquéd circles. In contemplating the best method for making all those circles, I considered Karen Kaye Buckley's Perfect Circles and the Applipops tool. I finally decided the best method for me would be to order some 1 inch circle templates from Paper Pieces and prep all the circles at once.
I also ordered an acrylic circle template which includes a 1/4 inch seam allowance (Paper Pieces). I used it last night to trace and prep a few circles, but found the 1/4 inch seam allowance to be a little generous for the circle size. I may be better off just using one of the card stock circle templates to trace the circle shape and cut my own (less generous) seam allowance.
Taking a glance at the calendar, I see we're already half-way through August. If August is for appliqué, I need to get busy!
