First, for Traveling Threads, Sparrow wanted simple lollypop flowers or trees. I absolutely loved doing these. I think they might be my favorite block ever. Wouldn't they make great little wall hangings? Since I made them with fusible web and embellished them with embroidery, they would be easy for me to do in the car on some road trips I have coming up.
Then, for Snip.Sew.Send., Rebecca asked us to make blocks that had a pinwheel in the center of a log cabin. She sent each of us a set of monochromatic prints and I got orange. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one come together since her vision seems like it'll be great!
I'm a person who presses seams open or to the side depending on the project, but I was so glad to have pressed them open on those pinwheels. It took a little more time, but it reduced the bulk so much that it was completely worth it. I just hope Rebecca doesn't mind... isn't it funny the things we worry about when someone else is going to see the back?
Beautiful! I know I am always worried about my backs as well, lol.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have pressed mine open on her block. Yours looks like it is going to lay nice and flat.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE those lollipop flowers!
i love those orange blocks....very cool!
ReplyDeleteVery cute lollypop flowers. I like to press all those points open, too
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love those lollypop flowers! You've done a fantastic job!
ReplyDeletethe lollipop block is amazing! so simple and perfect. I love the picture of the back of the pinwheel blocks. It shows you care when you put time and effort into the things people don't see. When I was learning to embroider and cross stitch my mom did not let me make the back all messy, she would make me take stitches out and re-do them!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!! I'm a little in love with those lollipop flowers. So pretty. And the orange pinwheels are just fabulous. I have such a thing for orange lately!
ReplyDeleteI have the sudden urge to cover my walls with lollipop flowers! Those are so cute. I LOVE them!! : )
ReplyDeleteThese blocks are so cool!
ReplyDeleteLove all these blocks! Happy to have found your blog too!
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