After making more circles last night and earlier today the top is ready for the applique stitches. I will be working for the next several week on this border to get it done. I couldn’t lay it all out for you to see as I don’t have enough floor room so I had to fold it a little.
better than nothing but I wish I had room to lay it out totally flat.
Here it is folded in half
To work on it neatly and have it not end up a wrinkled up mess I fold it so that the border is on top.
then I fold it in half again and again. This is an easy size to work with. As I get the applique finished I keep refolding it so that the border is always on top. I have found from past experience that it works out best folding it like this - other wise you tend to start tripping over it when you get up to move and also it gets very wrinkled this way it stays nice and neat.
I periodically will bring it back to the sewing room to match up threads as closely as I can. Now you can see why I say this thread cabinet was one of my best quilting investments. I can't always find a thread to match but most of the time I can. When I do not have a thread that matches closely I use a beige color silk thread that usually doesn't show up with the tiny stitches that I use. I will probably match up thread for about 6 to 10 circles at a time and then I put the threads back in the cabinet and match up more. It will be time to refold it about then anyhow.
I tend to do more of my applique work in the living room while watching tv and I have a lamp that extends out over my work so I am comfortable and have a well lite area.
I might have a new photo to take of the daffodils tomorrow – they might be in the snow! Yes they say winter is back tonight and we might be getting a little snow during the night and all day tomorrow. I don’t think they expect we will get a lot though, most of that will be north of us. I guess it will be a good day to make progress on the applique.
Our snow fall will not be anything like what one of my sisters and one of my brothers had – they both live in northern Maryland and they had about 30 to 36 inches of the white stuff the other day!!
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