I've always LOVED quilts! I had a fake one on my bed as a child. It was quilted, but it was a printed piece of material with baskets of tulips all over it...no applique going on there. So...I've always fantasized about making one. I have quilting magazines, books, patterns....but I know myself....big projects seldom get finished. When the opportunity came up to take a FREE quilting class I thought...why not...maybe with a little motivation! I had the choice to make a table runner with basic square blocks surrounded by a strip boarder or the Dresden Plate appliqued pattern wall hanging...let's just dive right in and applique! I have some material scraps (always have some fat quarters on hand for cross-stitch pillow/pincushion backing) and I made a visit to my local fabric/craft store. They have matching fabric bundles all ready for quilting projects and "jelly rolls" and "charms"...pre-cut shapes...isn't that cheating?! Let's shoot for Christmas! With one bundle of coordinating fabric and a couple fat quarters I already had...I began:
Got my basic Dresden Plate all cut out and arranged on my center fabric...ready to hand applique! Cut all my little triangles out and stitched them together on my ancient Singer which was bought used in the mid 70's...still hanging in there! (My Daddy built the sewing machine cabinet for me...years ago!)
