nanna-up-north

You are all so sweet to say such nice things about this block. I love doing them but they take me awhile to do them.

Grandma Peg

Beautiful block, the quilt will be amazing!

Ariannaquilts

Great job, those are the blocks I admire but won't even try to do. I haven't done applique in so many years it would look disastrous. Yours however look amazing can't wait to see the finished quilt! Good luck!

sewbizgirl

What a wonderful talent you have with applique! Do you fill parts of them with a little extra stuffing... trapunto? Your work is fabulous!

You are inspiring... If you can make 40 of those, maybe I can finish 50 state birds blocks I am hand embroidering.

nanna-up-north

Yes, Arianna, I do stuff some things on the blocks. Mostly I stuff the flower petals to make them stand out. But these flowers were done with the broderie perse method where you cut out a flower printed on fabric and then stitch it to the background fabric. I didn't like the flat look to that so after putting a little stuffing in, I also stitched along some lines in the flower to give it some movement.

I'm not quite done with all 40 blocks yet, Sewbizgirl. I have 7 to go. I hope to be ready to start putting this together after the new year. I don't think I'll have all the blocks done by Jan 1 2020 but I hope to be close.

SewingSenior

Your block is beautiful. I'll look forward to seeing the finish quilt.

mojo11

Absolutely gorgeous! I look forward to seeing each block.

stillvnu

Awesome! Applique is beautiful … good luck with the finishing!

sue.ross.8782

Wow! This quilt, when you're done, will be absolutly spectacular.

Innov8R

Gorgeous is an understatement, but it is the closest word to even come close to describing this lovely work.