Saturday 23 January 2021

Daisy

Challenge 2 of Project QUILTING Season 12 is fussy cutting. I am going to try and make a placemat for each challenge, whether or not I'll be successful depends on what the challenge is. Time will tell if I succeed or not. The second goal I set for myself is to use fabrics from my stash/older fabrics.

Let's see how I do with this challenge and my goals. My favourite block is a star block, so that was the starting point. The fabric I choose to fussy cut was an Anna Griffin from 2013, yup time this one got used. 

decision time, what to fussy cut from this piece

I forgot to take pictures as I was working on this, everything just seemed to fall into place and I never thought to grab the camera.  I turned under the edges of the cutout and used the buttonhole stitch to stitch it to the square for the centre of the star. 


please excuse the colours, I think the sun went on holidays 

I tried to keep the quilting simple

For the quilting I echoed the daisy and stitched in the ditch around the cutout. The yellow squares got straight lines. As you can see I did do feathers on both sides, I love feathers and just couldn't help myself. I used Thermore batting once again for this one.


for the backing I used a piece of the Anna Griffen fabric

So how did I do on my goals? Made a placemat ✓ Used stash/older fabric ✓ A win on both counts.

The next challenge is January 31st. Wonder what it is and how I'll do on my goals? 

14 comments :

  1. That turned out really cute!

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  2. Great project, and nice to be able to check so many goals ;)

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  3. The clamshell shape in the center of the star is so unexpected from normal; what a great use of fussy cutting! I love that you were also able to use more of the older fabric for the backing. A win all around!

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  4. I like the idea of a placemat for each challenge, Cindy. This is such a nice placemat with that happy flower in the center! Why is it that the sun just isn't too cooperative these days, especially when we want a decent photo? I'm ready for spring and sunshine!

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  5. A placemat is a great idea for this challenge. I was not motivated...but this one changed my mind. Love what you did and that you did what you needed...used stash!

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  6. it's beautiful! thanks for joining in the fun!

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  7. SEW pretty, Cindy, and congrats on meeting your personal challenge goals!!

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  8. Great choice on the clamshell design to showcase the beautiful print!!

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  9. Lovely - like the promise of spring :-)

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  10. Making a placemat for each challenge is a great idea. This one turned out very well!

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  11. Well done!! It turned out amazing. I made a second pillow, so I think maybe I'll try to make pillows for all the challenges this year. Good luck with the next theme.

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  12. Oh that fabric is just gorgeous! I like what you did with it to and of course I love the quilted feathers. These are going to look so pretty on your table when all six challenges are done!

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  13. Love this placemat. I think the idea of one placemat per month is really fun- you will have a great collection. Plus it is sort of nice to have the framework for each challenge and then just fit the challenge into that idea. Know what I mean? Well done!

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  14. What a great idea, a placemat a month! By the end of the year you will have quite a collection!

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