Sweet River Studios

 Our next month in our 13 month long quilting project for On Wander Lane was for the month of May. After sewing the background fabric together (I didn't change any this month), I ironed down the pre-cut applique pieces that was sent to me in the packet. I used the block guideline to help place everything. There was some really small pieces in this one. The birds beaks and little hearts were tiny and the fabric was fraying even with the interfaced glue on the back. One of the hearts tore and I wasn't sure about trying to sew these little pieces down, so I decided to cover them with embroidery floss. In addition to the main block, we had 3 additional blocks to make. The bird block, the flower block and the house block.  First, I cut all the separate little fabric pieces from the enclosed fabrics sent and there were a lot. It takes a while and I go slow and check everything off as I cut the pieces. Then I can follow the instructions to put everything together. The instructions hav

  Our second BOM for On Wander Lane is for the month of April titled Bunny Knoll.  We had a slight hiccup with our applique pieces but it was pointed out and the provider got corrections sent to us. Which means, I couldn't do the main block first and so I worked on the three border blocks first.  Tulip Block This block went together fairly easily. The background fabric squares were sewn on the diagonal on the tulip fabric and trimmed, while the green leaf fabric was placed on the background fabric. Sew the pieces together and you get a tulip flower.  Block on Block This block was made using a 3.5" square piece with a picture of a house and flower on it. Some background pieces was added using two different fabrics and sewed together.  Flower Basket Block This block was made using half square triangle (HST). I've never done HST's this way before but I've seen it done. The instructions were clear and I didn't have any trouble. It's difficult to see but I'v

Well, I bit the bullet. I joined a block of the month through Stitchin' Heaven . I have never signed up for a BOM simply because of the cost. I figured I can cut out my own stuff. Well, after several years of starting and never finishing sewing projects, I realized something. I don't have the patience, time or energy to do everything. If it's a simple cut fabric and sew together quilt, that's fine but if there's a lot of applique involved, forget it. I will buy all the fabric, because let's face it that's the fun part, pet it for a while and be all excited about the quilt project, get started then realize that making the thing is going to take at least a year and roughly 462 months.  And let's face it,  life gets in the way and then I spend less and less time with my project and the excitement wanes. Then I've got pieces and parts laying around and no energy to figure out where I left off. Sounds familiar, right? Don't lie it totally does. I cann