I was full of grand ambitions to stitch Month 6's blocks whilst on my holidays in the Lakes this year, but I had forgotten just how busy a holiday with a baby can be. So, best laid plans were shelved and I just enjoyed my hols without stitches.
This appliqué is Alain Lapin, so named by Sarah herself for block 11. My Alain, as you can see, is embracing his feminine side sporting pink fluff, but isn't he cute?
As you know, I love hexies and EPP so I'm delighted they are part of this BOM (Block 5). I went bold with my colour choices for this block. Hope they won't dominate too much or stand out like a sore thumb in the overall quilt.
I thought I'd be smart and sew the petals on to block 17 after sewing the block together (not the way the pattern suggested), but I didn't really execute it well at all. My petals don't line up anywhere near where they should at the corners of the checkerboards, and this pic is even after I fixed a few. The rest, I have decided to live with. Feel like I made a mountain out of a molehill trying to get that placement right before turning the edges under to appliqué. Do you ever do that? Make something much more difficult than it needed to be?
I have some more blocks to show you, and other projects too (if you're an IG follower you'll have seen them). I just need to load the photos on to the laptop so I can write the posts. Hope to be back to share more with you soon.
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