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Here's the 9th block of Wish You Well - it's the 2020 I Stitch Club design, which is a mystery block of the month, designed by the Australian designer Gail Pan Designs and is available from her website as a PDF download. This combines a mixture of hand embroidery and applique (you can use whatever method of applique you prefer). Each month you're sent an email with a PDF download with the pattern instructions, colour picture of the completed block and a full size traceable stitchery design. You also get a bonus project each month. I've used a GORGEOUS selection of fabrics for this project, that are from the Super Bloom collection by Edyta Sitar, which were purchased from Cross Patch an online shop based in Wales here in the UK... ...the stitchery has been hand embroidered using a selection of DMC, Cosmo and Valdani embroidery threads. One of the appliqued circles has been made with the embroidered part of a linen napkin - I'd already used part of this naoki in a previous block. As you can see, I've also used some vintage lace trimming on this block too. Only 3 more blocks to make, then these can all be pieced together!
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At long last, the hand applique and hand embroidery has been completed. This pattern is the Sewing Circle Basket by Lynette Anderson Designs. This was bought as a kit from Lynette's online shop Little Quilt Store last year, and I''ve been dipping in and out of this project for the past 6 months. The beautiful design shown below will become the lid for a beautiful basket to keep all of my sewing bits and pieces in... ...the hand embroidery was all stitched using a selection of variegated Valdani embroidery threads, and I used the Apliquick method for the applique. The next step is to make 111 hexies. Not nice large hexies - but tiny half inch hexies - as you may know hexies are not my favourites, so I'm going to use pre-cut iron-on hexie papers, to see if that makes the task any more enjoyable!
Here are a few more pictures from yesterday's photoshoot, taken while I was on a walk with my daughter at Blaxhall Common. The fabrics were a fat quarter bundle from the Urban Mod collectio by Art Gallery Fabrics, and I used 20 FQs for this one - the pattern is Turning Twenty by Tricia Cribbs... ...this was longarm quilted by Daisy May Quilting, and I'm absolutely thrilled with it. I chose a bamboo waddig for this one, and it drapes beautifully. Turning Twenty qui;ts are really simple to make, and it oly took a few hours to cut and piece these blocks together.
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