Remember back a few entries ago, I vowed to try something new…applique.
Remember I found my long lost pressing rods and used them for the first time in FIVE years.
Well the wait is over, I finished my Five Cent Fairy Garden Candle Mat from Kim Deihl’s book Simple Blessings.
I attended a class where they taught applique using applique stabilizer. I have gotten several questions about the process and will answer all the questions in tomorrow’s post. For today, I thought I would just show you the completed candle mat.
Although the pattern used plaids, I raided my civil war scraps. The border is from the new Indigo and Blue line….LOVE IT! I probably should have done more machine quilting in the borders but I was ready for this project to be done and was afraid to add too much. The original pattern shows a lot a echoing quilting using the big stitch method but I wasn’t real fond of that. I was just so antsy to see how it would end up. The applique peices are REALLY hard and stiff in this process. I just wanted to see if they would actually soften up. The instructor kept telling us they would once it was washed but I wanted to SEE it with my own eyes so I wasn’t a patient quilter. I ended up just stitching about 1/8″ around the applique pieces and stitched in the ditch in the center.
It’s done…and now after three finishes this week, I am definately ready for a new project.
A friend of mine made me this quilt. Love it and yours! Congrats on another wonderful finish!!
Love your candle mat—isn’t fun to learn something new–even we decide later that we do not care to that “process” again!!
And I love your Cindy Lou—-I did not like my colors at all on that one–only one I did not like–so have been watching to see what other colors might be done in it–and really like the colors you choose—thanks for sharing!! Hugs, Di
Excellent applique!! Now that wasnt so hard was it? The quiltlet is wonderful and so worth the effort.