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| I love the cheerful design and made mine in scrappy blues I had on hand. |
I usually avoid applique and wondered if I could use another method because my applique efforts disappoint me.
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| The orange peel blocks turned out to be a good substitute for the appliqued petals. When squared up, they are 4 1/2" so the topper turns out a bit smaller than Julie's. |
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| After following Julie's tutorial, I decided to quilt it with FMQ feathers around each petal. |
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| For the corners, I wanted to do a cross hatch pattern. I printed one out and then trimmed out a little above each line so I could mark the fabric with my frixion pen (then flipped it over to mark the opposite lines) and then proceeded to sew, following the marked lines, using a walking foot. |
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| All bound and as usual, I added the two triangles to the upper corners so it could be a wall hanging as well as a topper and added some labeling info. to the triangles. |
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| As a Wall Hanging. |
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| Still I like it as a topper best! |
Linking up with
The Crafty Quilter (the link up will go on through June
30th --whoops, I mean the 5th! -- you may want to stop by to see the variety of spring petals so far!) Also linking up with
Crazy Mom Quilts.
3 comments:
Absolutely gorgeous. I love the colours you have used. x
OH Sheri, your Spring Petals is stunning!! I love your blues and your elegant quilting touches!! They are perfect.
I think your Orange Peels piecing is harder than fusible applique. Wonderful job!
Susie
Sheri, I can't believe that I'm just now seeing this! Thank you for joining my QAL! Your table topper is beautiful. Way to go with the piecing!
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