Wednesday, September 01, 2010

WIP Wednesday - Aunt Millie's Garden.

Today I hung the quilt I kept for the flickr DQS#9 on the door to my sewing area. It's beautiful, I love it. I'm glad I kept this one.

It inspired me to start another one yesterday. But this one I am going to sew by hand. I always like to sew in front of the TV or on a long car trip but finding the right small project is tricky. So I selected another block from Aunt Millie's Garden to do. I'm sticking with soft pastels and pinks and purples again.

The yellow centres looked great I thought until I ironed them into place and realized ek! You can see the overlapping fabric underneath. I then found out how powerful that Steam-a-Seam stuff is, it was like supa glue, I had trouble pulling it off and it had only been ironed on 5 minutes beforehand!

So here is what it looks like now. I'll add the center wheel and the flower centers last. Wonder when that will be?!

6 comments:

AJ said...

Fantastic Helen! Glad you decided the keep the pink and purple one! Different flowers I see...but still pretty!

pamela said...

Love your color choices!! I am so inspired to take the leap into hand applique..

♥Duff said...

I'd keep the other one also. Oh wait, I'd keep anything you make so I'm not sure that counts! I think the new one has it's own merits and I look forward to your 'process' posts that talk about the similarities and differences, likes and dislikes relating to creating these two quilts.♥ Duff

♥Duff said...

sorry, typo! i mean its, not it's.

Quiltdivajulie said...

I could see a darker purple in the centers ... wonderful colors!

Poppyprint said...

gorgeous!!