TURN A BLOCK INTO A WALLHANGING

I’ve been working of appliqué blocks for My Whimsical Quilt Garden by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins.  One day when I was blog hopping, I noticed a familiar block. I forget which blog it was, but there were lots of pictures of a quilt show. One of the pictures had a small wallhanging in it that I couldn’t take my eyes off of. Why did it look familiar?  Then it hit me, that is one of the blocks that I had recently competed. I loved what this person did and decided to make a wallhanging too. Above is the result. I usually use the freezer paper method of appliqué.  On this wallhanging I used the fusing method of appliqué and outlined it with the black thread.  The background is heavily quilted. I think it turned out pretty cute and I’m adding it to my gift basket.

Have you joined Allie Ooops Sweet Happy Life in making gifts throughout the year? Have you noticed how fast these past three months have gone by? Christmas will be here before we know it.  You’ll want to check out Allie's blog too because she has the cutest free pattern that you can download to get your started on your next gift project.  (You can also click on the Christmas Through The Year button on my sidebar.)

Alamosa Quilter  has a pattern for a groovy baby and funky buttons pattern.

Here's a couple other links you might like:  The Quilted Fish  and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
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Stay Positive!
Caroll