Poppy Pod Lane

I have a love of poppy flowers and 

have designed some larger quilts 

that the magazines maybe find
overwhelming...?

So I designed a smaller piece and

Primitive Quilts & Projects

picked it up:)  YAY!

Their magazine is so full of beauty.

I started previewing my fabrics

to see how they would look

as quarter-square triangles.

Once the top was finished,

it was time to work on the 

embroidery for the 

applique' section.

Once all my applique'

was fused in place,

on to basting....

Yes, I pin baste 

small projects for 

machine quilting.

My quilting was straight

stitching along the diagonal line

of the pieced area; and as

I stitched down my raw 

edges of applique' with 

free motion scribble stitch, that 

area became quilted as well.

I had some wonderful

pattern testers that shared

their final minis with me:)

Thank you Brenda and Mary!!

Mary gave me a fun

change up from the 

original color scheme

and she knows how 

much I love orange:)

Make it in whatever colors

make your heart sing and 

don't forget to show me!

You can always post on my FB page HERE!

I can't wait to see it:)

The magazine is still out 

on shelves now and there 

is plenty of time to have it 

done for July!!

Keep stitchin'

Bramble Blooms

 The May issue of AQ Magazine is out and you will 
find my Bramble Blooms within its fine pages.

Let's talk fabrics:)

My fabric supplier was very

generous with this HARLOW 

collection from Northcott.

There is some truth to having too many decisions:)

Sometimes you need to try a new

technique, quilt style, or in this

case, a new block.

I have an affinity for pinwheel

blocks and tried something new 

this time by splitting one square of 

a half-square triangle set up 

before stitching together.  

It gives some fun extra movement.

Then you chain piece

every step of the process

so that you can stay on 

track and not mix 

up the steps.

Remember when I said I had too

many choices?  

When it came time to decide how

to make my applique' POP, it

got hard:)

My color aesthetic is not to mix

cream and white due to the 

cool/warm tones possibly clashing.

I really thought my flowers should be 

cream to blend in with the cream

background tones of the prints.

The chartreuse really threw me and

I felt it would be too in your face against

the soft pastels of the hydrangeas; but it looked

SO good with the white and gave

that POP I wanted my flowers to have.

Sometimes going out of your comfort 

zone gives you a surprise and opens

your design choices up for the 

next project.

I mixed cool and warm, bright and soft tones

and ended up loving it.

This is one of my favorite 

quilting motifs that I like

to repeat throughout a project.

I also like to do scribble or 

wiggle stitches along a raw

edge applique' for the 

ease of getting it done.

Lastly, don't forget to label your work 

and it can be as easy as using a micron pen:}

Remember that digital issues are 

available of all issues of AQ.

Visit the website HERE 

Keep Stitchin:)