Great news! The Academy of Applique 2020 catalogue is now online and ready for you to drool over! Registration starts at 12 noon on Monday, Sept. 2 (Labour Day). You can see it here. If you love applique and have never been to the Academy, I urge you to do so. This will be my fourth year teaching at the Academy, and it truly is the highlight of my year. To be surrounded by so many students and teachers that share my love of applique is truly amazing:)
Here are some pics of the classes I will be teaching. My first class is Southwest Succulents.
The second class I am teaching, which is suitable for true beginners, is called Yellow Finches.
So I have finally taken the plunge and started my La Passacagalia quilt. I am not doing it using the EPP method. I am using Inklingo and it could not be any easier. Print your shapes on an Inkjet printer, and use a running stitch to stitch by hand. Easy Peasy! Here are some of the rosettes I am working on. Also, fussy cutting is a breeze!
Way too much fun!
Here is another one.
This is the back of the rosette above. You can see the printed lines and my stitches.
Like most quilters, I have a stash of scraps that is not going away on it’s own. I decided to make Bonnie Hunter’s “Split 9 Patch” and it certainly has made a dent in my stash. So the idea is to make 168 blocks made up of 2 1/2″ squares. All was good until I spotted a boo-boo. On all 168 blocks. (The square in the top right corner.)
So after an evening of ripping out all 168 blocks, my blocks now look like this. I must confess, “younger me” may have pitched all the boo-boo blocks in the trash, but “more mature me” decided I had too much of my valuable time invested in this project not to have something to show for it lol! And (according to my calculations), I used up approx 7 metres of my stash for the squares and triangles. That is quite a dent!
The blocks are stitched together in rows, and I am now stitching those rows together. Bruin approves!
Have an awesome and safe long weekend, do some stitching and go check out the catalogue:)
Til next time….
Kerry
Simple Bird Applique 
I love what you have been doing. Thank you for sharing! It is difficult to find Applique teachers in Arizona and your blog is amazing along with your teaching methods. Keep it going!
I was beyond thrilled to see your la passacaglia quilt blocks! Wow talk about thinking outside the box/block! I LOVE them!! It makes me what to be more imaginative. Thank you. I had just read about inklingo and watched a YouTube on this method. Yes it would so much easier to use this particular method. Thanks for showing us and reminding us all of another great method. Thanks Karen. I do look forward to your blog!
Sending sunshine from Queen Creek Arizona!
Oh, I feel your pain!! It’s so hard to pick that many boo boos out and restitch them. Bruin and I are both proud of you, and your La Passacagalia looks fantastic, too!