At the beginning of the year, I updated my long list of kits that were still waiting to be made, and a few weeks ago I finally made a start on Woodland Secrets, designed by Lynette Anderson Designs. I'd initially bought this as a kit from Cross Patch back in 2018, and the kit included the pattern, a Makower white spot fabric for the stitchery background and sashing, and fabrics from Lynette's Peacock Manor collection for the quilt top and the binding. The stitchery designs were traced onto the background fabric using a lightbox and a fine nibbed Micron Pigma pen. I've used a selection of variegated Valdani stranded embroidery threads for the stichery designs. Lynette has listed the colours used on the back of the pattern...
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...These muted tones work well with Lynette's fabrics. Once the hand embroidery was completed, the fabric was pressed, the hearts were cut, and the edges turned over ready to be hand appliqued into place. I 've used a fine thread for this, and as i'm trying to use up my thread stash, I've been using a Bottomline 60wt polyester thread in a pale grey shade. It blends well into the background fabric, making the tiny stitches very difficult to see, which is perfect!...
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...once the hearts had been appliqued into place, the blocks were joined together this sashing strips and cornerstones. The pieced borders were made up in the same was as the cornerstones. The seams were pressed open, and these little blocks were given a final press before being stitched together...
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...two narrow borders were firstly added to the sides then the top and bottom of the quilt, followed by the pieced borders. As the pieced borders had lots of little seams, I machine stitched around the outside edge to prevent any unravelling while the quilt is waiting to be quilted...
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...a final press, and it's ready for a photshoot! I really loved stitching this one, although I haven't decided how to quilt it yet. While I'm deliberating over quilting designs, I can doodle some ideas for a quilt label.
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