You must have heard me mention before that things can be the same, and completely different at the same time? Shirley had been quite taken with the idea of the Friendship Star block. She knew she wanted new sofa cushions, not just to take a break from huge quilts I might add, and decided to make 3 of them, all different, all with the same fabrics, all the same finished size of 18", and all using the Friendship Star block, take a look...
One huge 18" star block, with 6" units.
4 Smaller blocks of 9" stars with 3" units.
and one On-Point 12" star block, with 4" units. Quilty math is fun!
Like I said, all them are the same, and yet all quite different!
Judy loves a bit of applique. She attempted this beauty a few months ago but it was all too fiddly so it got filed away in the round container (bin). Not to be defeated, she's doing it again now. I introduced her to Steam A Seam 2 (lite) It's a little more costly but is the very best thing for tiny and intricate applique. The tiny pieces can be stuck in place on a piece of baking parchment, allowing the original design to be visible underneath it, for placement.
Then almost the whole flower was lifted from the parchment paper and stuck to the linen background fabric. Stuck but not permanently until Judy was happy to place the iron on top (with a piece of baking parchment to protect my iron) making it a permanent stick. She was extremely chuffed how easy it was too. Now to do the teeny-tiny stitches.
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