I had another morning to work on The Sopwell Ladies Basket Society and got the rest of block 5 finished! I didn't have much to do; just the stitching on this block, and a few more circles.
Here is the completed block 5.
There's one more block and then it will be done. I've done parts of it but I probably won't get back to it until after Christmas.
Day 11 of my 31 day blog writing challenge done!!
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| One small part of Block Five! |
I had a few questions after my last post about using the Karen Kay Buckley Perfect Circles, and my process for the applique (what I call invisible turned under machine applique) so I took a few photos while I was working to share.
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| After gathering the fabric around the template, paint or spray some diluted starch on (how you do it depends on what brand you have) and press with a medium heat iron. |
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| Once the fabric is dry, remove the template and re-press to keep the shape. You can see it keeps its perfect shape well with a bit of starch! |
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| Baste or glue the circle to the background fabric. (You can see here I didn't quite get it dead centre but the square is larger and gets trimmed down.) |
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| I have a clear invisible thread in the top and my normal sewing thread in the bobbin. Set the zig-zag to width and length 1.1. (It's narrow enough that I can keep my quilter's foot on.) |
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| I pull all the threads to the back to knot them together, then trim. |
Day 11 of my 31 day blog writing challenge done!!
'til next time,
happy stitches,
Looks awesome and thanks for the tutorial on how to use the circles.
ReplyDeleteI would make a mess if I tried to do the applique by machine I do pretty much the same way except I do the applique by hand - I love Karen's circle templates and have had them for years
ReplyDeleteI am so bad at machine applique. Yours is just lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou are doing so well with your blocks, and staying on top of your daily blog writing too!
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt design... and so many of the fabrics but it was just a bit too kitsch for me! Maybe it is a pattern I will track down later and give it the Suz makeover treatment 😂
ReplyDeletejust lovely blocks.... its coming along so gorgeous..... thanks for showing us how you do it...
ReplyDeleteHugz
Lovely block Raewyn, thanks for sharing how you do the circles.
ReplyDeleteLooking great. xx
ReplyDeleteThe blocks look great together. Thanks for you mini tutorial.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see your progress.
ReplyDeleteLove using the circles.