Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday.
It has been a busy week trying to get things back in order since being sick. Slowly my routine is coming back and I am getting the hang of things again. The worse was I had to go grocery shopping since the cupboards and fridge were very empty. All is stocked again and now I can spend my time in the studio rather than the grocery store.
Although I did have a great experience at Costco. When I walked in there was a crowd of people near the entrance and I wondered what they were up to then I saw the TV. The overtime period of the ladies Olympic hockey game was on. I am a huge hockey fan as I grew up watching Hockey Night in Canada every Saturday and went to many a game at our local rink. I joined the crowd and cheered on our girls as they scored the winning goal for gold.
When I woke up Thursday morning I would have never dreamed that I would be watching the ladies win gold on a TV in Costco and most likely I will never forget the experience either.
Okay I digressed there a bit but it was a highlight of my week. Now back to the task at hand – adding appliqué to my background. February week 2 was to create the background for the mini art quilt using the fabrics I picked the first week of the challenge.
With the background complete week three’s rules were to add appliqué in a simple shape.
I was going to add circles, then I was going to add arrows and finally settled for some triangles that I chopped off the end of the arrows I had made. I played around a bit with the placement of the triangles until I was happy and fused them down.
Triangles placed and fused down
After I sandwiched the 3 layers I used a free motion satin stitch to secure the edges of the triangles. I used a grey/silver rayon thread from Sulky for the stitching.
Triangles stitched with satin stitch
Now I am still wondering about a couple of arrows. What do you think?
Arrows on audition
See you soon for the last installment of this month’s challenge. To see what the others are up to check out the Gallery for February on Ruth’s blog.
Happy Quilting!
Jen your missive about rooting on the girls hockey team at Costco brought a smile to my face. It is amazing how people can just suddenly join together for spontaneous activity that is “good.” Nice to see something positive rather than negative for a change.
I don’t think I would add arrows to your applique mini-quilt. To me the little triangles add just enough interest without going overboard, so to speak. I think the addition of arrows might be a bit much, but that’s just MHO. You do great work and I LOVE your site.
Wishing you all the best, Terri at the Drake’s Nest in sunny Palm Bay, FL
Thanks Terri. It was a nice happy experience and totally unexpected which made it even more special.
I agree about the arrows – too much and takes away from the piece. Now to quilt it and finish it as the first Sunday in March is fast approaching.