Floral Wreath: 2014
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| The completed block minus blue lines now part of my Windom Quilt |
Finally, my floral wreath sample block started in Elizabeth Kennedy's class in 1989 at the Armidale Symposium has been completed. Yes, it's only one block but really something to get excited about....it's been a long time in the making!
Part of the reason I disliked this block was that I had left blue fabric marking pen lines covering the design. And they had heat set - a nightmare.... Nothing seemed to help remove them so I just gave up. Finally, I decided that the only course of action (after some 16 years!!) was to embroider or applique strategically over the lines and splotches. Besides, I had purchased a pattern in Mittagong at Timeless Threads - if I recall it was at their closing sale - called the Windom Quilt and I wanted a central medallion. Why not use this block and get it off the UFO list?
Ah, but those dreaded blue lines! Then of course I threw it in the washing machine with a good dose of "Vanish" waiting for the worst to happen. But true to name, those lines just vanished. Now, finished in 2014, it has a home.
Home# 021: 1989 started
Part of the reason I disliked this block was that I had left blue fabric marking pen lines covering the design. And they had heat set - a nightmare.... Nothing seemed to help remove them so I just gave up. Finally, I decided that the only course of action (after some 16 years!!) was to embroider or applique strategically over the lines and splotches. Besides, I had purchased a pattern in Mittagong at Timeless Threads - if I recall it was at their closing sale - called the Windom Quilt and I wanted a central medallion. Why not use this block and get it off the UFO list?
Ah, but those dreaded blue lines! Then of course I threw it in the washing machine with a good dose of "Vanish" waiting for the worst to happen. But true to name, those lines just vanished. Now, finished in 2014, it has a home.
Home# 021: 1989 started
Size: 51 x 51cm (without border)
