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My Christmas prep projects are done. The hot pads are all made and postcards are in the mail. Chris and I are going shopping for my Christmas gift today (a shooting vest, my jewelry days are over!). So now I can get back to some of my own projects and the first one is to use more of the Indonesian batik scraps for some placemats.  I've seen this idea of trees with circles for the foliage for a while and have been wanting to do a version of it. I remembered this tree stencil and thought it might work. Fortunately cutting circles is easy because I have several circle dies with my Go! Cutter. I cut a few out to test the idea with the stencil and I really like it.  I fused the scraps to WonderUnder, because it was easier to handle them if they were backed with paper. I cut enough for 6 placemats.  I really want to get these wrapped up because I'm planning to quilt them on the left over backing from this quilt that's STILL loaded on the frame. I want it off and bound by the end of the month. I also have 8 veterans quilts that need to mbe quilted soon. So, the placemats are my focus for this week. Now I have to decide on a background and if I'm going to stencil the tree trunk or cut it out of fabric and fuse it.
12/18/2018 07:23:26 am
I really like the idea of stenciling the tree onto a light colored fabric. You can audition color for the tree by putting the stencil over something that color - to see how it plays with the circles.
patty
12/18/2018 07:34:20 am
Those placemats are going to be beautiful! I think I would stencil the tree trunk and that way you wouldn't have to worry about the raw edges. You have a lot on your list for the rest of this year! I plan on working on that t-shirt quilt for my nephew's cousin and bake some cookies. I still have not heard from the woman about the double wedding ring quilt and how she wants it quilted. I need something to work on when I an watching TV so I may just go ahead and start hand quilting it. I will need to go and get a spool of pink hand quilting thread.
Mary Anne
12/19/2018 10:34:32 pm
ooooh - I love the tree idea. Here's a challenge for you - what about translating it into a full-sized quilt? I think it would be absolutely stunning! Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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