Sewing Seeds . . . . .

I spent this last week helping out in the church office so the secretary could go on a vacation.  While I enjoy volunteering (it is fun to do something different once in a while like writing, printing, folding and stuffing 280 bulletins for Sunday), it makes me realize how much out of the groove I have gotten from working outside of the house.

I did manage to get some quilting done this past week.  Note I said done, not finished.  They are two different things!

I made the background for Sewing Seeds, another Cheri Payne pattern.

Cheri doesn't give detailed directions on putting things together, which I really like.  It gives so much room for change and making it my own.  She basically gives dimensions and says "Have fun with it!"  I usually change patterns to make them my own anyway.

I decided to use partial paper-piecing to make the flower base blocks.

Here is the first finished block.

So after 14 of those and a few setting blocks you have this.

Next to applique the flowers.  Since I sell this pattern in my booth, I will use all wool for the flowers.  Hard part of that is I have to use wool that I can recreate so I can cut kits at the same time.  If I were doing just one for me, I would have it finished already! (yeah, right!)

I've already picked out the colors, now to just dye them all, cut out my parts and cut kits.  No problem!!

Blessings, Cathi
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