Incentive Winner and Block of the day

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      Denise St.John! 

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Please continue to read the blog every day.  See below for today's interesting story about a 

Garden Party quilt block.

                    

          --- Block of the day--

           "Benched"

             Artist: Jane Miller                  Block maker: Cherice Jobmann

From Cherice--The block I did for garden party was called "Benched" . 

                It was drawn by Jane, but based on a photo of a puppy eating hydrangeas under a chair.

                                                The photo was taken by Rebecca Eash. 

A clever applique method--contributed by Cherice

When I'm doing applique, I  use a sheet of clear plastic to help me.

The plastic I use is cut from the plastic bag that curtains and sheets come in.

 But you can buy sheets of this kind of plastic at the craft store too.

At first I use the plastic to  "audition" the fabrics for the block. (see photo below)

To do this, I trace the applique pattern on to the clear plastic

And cut scraps of fabric from the fabrics I  want to use,

The pieces are not exactly the right shape, but enough so  I can 'get the idea' of what the block will look like.   

After I've decided on all the fabrics and prepared the individual pieces,  I use the plastic again  to help position each of the pieces on the background.  I use tiny straight pins to secure the pieces to the background.   I usually just pin one or two on at a time, starting with those that are supposed to be farthest back in the picture.   I then stitch around the piece before using the template again to place the next piece.

The audition of fabrics 

The finished block.

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