So, I’ve never really been into applique, but I think that is about to change. I discovered the wonderful portable-ness of applique while working on a sheep quilt for friends of ours who just had a baby girl in July. It’s a really cute pattern from Quiltmaker. It calls for the sheep to be made out of fleece and then machine appliqued onto the block, but I was not confident that I have good enough machine skills for that, so I decided to hand applique with blanket stitch. I’m very happy with how it turned out, and I discovered that it was really nice because a little sheep block fit easily into the diaper bag and I could take it along and work on it when the boys were busy playing at the playground and didn’t need any help from me. Wonderful! So, here’s the sheep quilt…
Well, as life goes for a crackpot, one thing led to another. Once I had done that applique, I decided to try a little more, this time using freezer paper templates. And, if you’re going to try some applique, it might as well be something fun, right? So, in colors that coordinate with Andrew’s room, I am now working on a wall hanging that includes a dump truck…
a flatbed…
and a backhoe…
I’m finishing up a crane now and will then put them together for a wall hanging in Andrew’s room. It’s lots of fun, so you can expect more applique from me in the future, though probably not flowery things!