dublb

Oh ya'll are gonna have fun shoppin' there!!! Purdy Canadian fabrics!
QE-Naw, it's not a PC block. I was just playin' around w/my TX scraps. Hmmm I might be able ta make one like it for a PC sub. I'll think about that.

QuiltE

Why not just use that one .. finish it to the right size. After all, remember February is only a few days a way, and that's to be your start back on the PC trail!

works4me

dublb - that looks wonderful. A .25 border? Wow, aren't you ambitious.

QuiltE - I've already emailed my 2012 QOV source (Along Came Quilting in Alberta) and have also emailed my 2012 source in the US (Back Porch Quilts in Washington state) about a few of the star fabrics for the 2013 USA QOV.

Looks like I'll be making patriotic quilts well past 2013 now. lol

dublb

QE - It's too white & not revolutionary war. It wasn't hard & now I have the stuff ta make it again. I used a foundation grid method. I used Solvy paper. The paper is too fiddley, I tried aqua mesh on another block & wow what a difference. I could even do my tute w/this block.

QuiltE

Have never heard of solvy paper or aqua mesh ... what are these things?

JeanieG

Me either, inquiring minds want to know (what is Solvy Paper and Aqua Mesh)????

dublb

Solvy Paper is a water soluble paper. Mostly it is used for PP. Solvy is a thin film stabilizer that is water soluble. AquaMesh is a water soluble stabilizer that has a woven texture. I've been playin' w a technique that uses a pre printed grid on a thin interfacing, only I gotta change things around. LOL I didn't like the fact that the interfacing would stay in place. It was Ok for a wall hangin' but if ya wanted it for something else...well not so good. So I've been playin w/water soluble things & drawin' my own grid. The Aqua Mesh seems ta be the best answer. I'm planin' ta do a tute on it in the next few weeks.

QuiltE

Thanks DublB ... There's so many different products out there hiding in our stores.

works4me

Well, I finished blocks 4 and 5 of the Something New blog hop. 4 was sashiko and 5 was reverse applique and I combined the two.

In keeping with my patriotic theme I used maple leaves and now have a new version of the Canadian flag.
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QuiltE

Well done, W4Me!!!
I also can see a whole background sashiko'd with your tesselating leaves.
I never really noticed the pink/red in that beige fabric before ... adding the red with it, really draws it out.
Oh how I love the Stonehenge fabrics!