Just A Little Behind Schedule:)

Seriously! I had huge quilting plans for August. Huge plans. But sometimes life gets in the way, which is why the first block of the new BOM is not quite ready to ship out. My sincerest apologies:) Next week I will have it all together (I hope!) and I’ll be shipping the blocks out. I hope you are as excited as I am! Also, because the summer did fly by and we were all busy doing summer stuff, I am extending the deadline for the sign-up for the new BOM. I’ll take sign-ups until the middle of September. You can sign up here in my website:)

Before I show you what I have accomplished for the first block, I want to urge everyone to check out the Academy of Applique website. Registration starts Labor Day, September 5th…check your calendar because that is really soon!! Did you know that 95% of students sign up on that day!! And many classes fill that same day. So check out the website and see if there is a class (or two!) that might excite you. Here are a few sneak peaks of what I am teaching. I’ll be teaching two separate classes. To say I am excited to be teaching at the Academy is a major understatement!!

I am also making very good progress on the borders of Bed of Roses. I stitched the pink scallops in place.

And then I added the green circles. In order to make sure the circles were centred, I used the same plastic template and cut a hole in it exactly where the green circle would go. Easy Peasy!

Okay, so here is more of the first block. First, I wanted to finish the base of the woven basket. I traced the “table” template and prepped the piece. I am now in the habit of tracing the seam allowance on almost every piece I prep. It is such am easy way to guarantee that things line up properly.

Ok so now I started prepping the leaves that are on the outer edge of the design. Do you see the beauty of having that seam allowance drawn on all the pieces? Magical!!