Tuesday, June 25, 2013

William Morris borders

Well I survived the days taking care of my little grandson but man it was exhausting! Yesterday I was only able to do a little laundry and some hand appliqué but today I was able to spend a whole day back in the studio prepping the borders for my William Morris quilt. Since I usually do hand appliqué, I am constantly amazed at the speed of this process in comparison. But make no mistake, this type of machine appliqué is still pretty time consuming. I spent 8 hours today just tracing, cutting and arranging all four sides of this border. Here is the first side all ironed down - hopefully stitching will begin tomorrow as my personal deadline is this weekend as my new BOM and Quilt along begins and I really don't need more UFOs!




Happy stitching!
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4 comments:

  1. RachaeldaisyJune 26, 2013 at 5:33 AM

    That beautiful border looks like a lot of work!! Don't rush it!!

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  2. CheriJune 26, 2013 at 8:03 AM

    The colors are beautiful. Iprobably do equal amounts of machine and hand appliqué. It is nice to change it up once in a while, but I agree, machine work can take a lot more time than you think..

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  3. CarlaJune 26, 2013 at 9:42 AM

    I've discovered that's why we have our kids when we're young! Gorgeous appliqué. The finished quilt will be stunning

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  4. BrandieJune 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM

    Oh my goodness! I take a blogging nap and when I awake, you've almost completed another beautiful quilt! Gorgeous!

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