Those friends of mine! They’ve definitely challenged me and I’m winning! I should take the Gold in the Christmas Town Sampler category, don’t you think? Have you seen Sheryl’s block? Even if you aren’t doing the CTS, click on that block and look at all the pieces! Is there any reason you can see for a friend to cause a non-applique friend to have to do all those pieces?
Only one thing to do . . stop whining and get busy!
It’s a good thing I don’t know what I’m doing or I’d probably scare myself half to death with this block. All the Kit Kats got consumed (there were only 6 and they were the smaller ones . . not the mini ones but not the big ones either) so I had to resort to Blue Bell Red Velvet Cake ice cream to get me through this block.
Thank you Blue Bell! I couldn’t have done it without you!
I did cheat just a little! Oops . . that might preclude me from winning a medal in the Christmas Town Sampler competition. (There is no competition!) Don’t tell Sheryl but for the cyathium, she has about 100 little circles. Individual circles. I just cut mine as one piece and I’ll make circles with the thread when I’m quilting. Yep, I cheated but don’t you think my poinsettia is just gorgeous?
Thank you Sheryl . . except for all those little circles in the middle. I wasn’t real thankful for those! 🙂
Denise ~ justquiltin says
OMG – you definintely have a sugar rush going. Vince – take away the candy and ice cream! Thank goodness I am the “good” friend who only did rotary cut and pieced blocks for this design. 🙂
Kay Sorensen says
Years ago when I taught Sampler quilt classes I had two students who LOVED the hand applique blocks.
I asked them why and they said “Because they turn out the size they are supposed to be!”
Ruth Anne shorter says
Yes!
SarahB says
Don’t look at it as cheating… it’s just more efficient! Now you have time for more important things, like more ice cream! :o) Speaking of which, I think I hear rocky road calling my name…
Anita says
not cheating, it’s creative license…. machine applique? either way I do like the Poinsettia!
Joan in NE says
Hey, you can always use fusible applique, or cut from a dissoluble interfacing (stable magic) and glue the seams over like Sharon Schamber does. Thats the method I use and it works like a charm, then machine stitch the pieces together with a tiny zig zag with matching threads.
Sharon Spingler says
That would be gorgeous in hand dyeds.
Susan ~ Patchkat says
Great job Judy! I’m still whining over mine. I’ll attempt it next week…maybe.
vickie van dyken says
I knew you could do it 🙂 and in traditional colors to??? Must have been the icecream….I love Blue Bunny. It really wasn’t available here in the almost to Canada way nothwest tip o the country. I used to get it in the mid west when I trucked. Finally Wal Mart has it 🙂 Yaaaaa Sugar Free Double Strawberry is on my list right now…your pointsettia is terrific, whatever you used for motivation!!
Linda in NE says
Your poinsettia is lovely and I like your idea for simplifying all those little circles. Applique is something I’m not real keen on either.
Ranch Wife says
Whew! I started sweating the minute I saw that! Yours turned out amazing! Next time I’ll send you a couple boxes of those Chocolate Mint Andes Cookies because you might need back up, but it looks like you’ve conquered the applique mountain! There’s no stopping you now!
Sheryl says
Need some cheese to go with that whine? Roflol. Those circles are not difficult. They take a little time but they add so much texture to a design. 🙂
KatieQ says
I must have the wrong pattern. There are only 13 tiny circles on mine, not the 100 you have. Maybe she sent you a different one, just to see you sweat. I’m sweating over the whole thing so much, my fabric is damp.