Well I woke up at silly-o'clock again this morning, so while everyone else was sleeping, I made a start on Block 4 of "Down In The Garden" (designed by Leanne Beasley) that has been languishing in my sewing box for far too long. I initially bought this BOM 4 years ago, and finally made a start on it last summer. I finished the stitchery last week, and this morning I managed to get it cut, pieced, and all the stitchery traced before I had any other distractions! I used a Pigma pen to trace the stitchery BEFORE I joined the mini blocks together...
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...I'd made 4 of these mini 9-patch blocks last year when I made Block 1, and it certainly saved time this morning. The feature fabric is Grandmother's Flower Garden by Rosalie Quinlan and is fussy cut for some of the mini blocks...
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...this pieced together quite quickly. I used a Schmetz Microtex needle size 60 and a neutral coloured Mettler fine embroidery thread, and a smaller stitch than usual on my Bernina so the seams don't pull apart while I'm completing the stitchery blocks. A soft fusible interfacing was ironed onto the back of the large block and it's ready! Now I just need some peace and quiet over the weekend to make a start on the stitchery.
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