I have just
spent 9 hours doing nothing more than tracing appliqué pieces onto
freezer paper, ironing the freezer paper onto yet another piece of fre
ezer
paper, carefully cutting each piece, then ironing the pieces onto
fabric. Next, I cut the fabric, adding a fourth-inch to each
freezer-paper template, and then, after 'painting' the quarter-inch seam
allowance with starch on a stencil paintbrush, I ironed it around the
freezer paper, using a Stuff-It tool my sister gave me to turn up and
hold the narrow edges.
There are
about 75 appliqué pieces for the first quilt block. They're ready
to put in place and stitch down. I will use a very narrow hem
stitch on my Bernina Artista 180 to put them on. I might even have
some invisible thread.
I could have
had more done by now, had I not been mending and altering things
yesterday. Getting these
appliqués ready was slow and tedious work, but I enjoyed it. Good
thing, because there's a whole lot more to do!
These are
ready to put in their proper order. Hmmm... what shall I use
for a light box, so I can lay the pattern down, put the 17" quilt-block
square on top of it, and then get the appliqué pieces positioned just
right on the background?
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