The pineapple quilt was destined for the front foyer, therefore it has evolved into the welcome quilt. It says welcome in English, Hawaiian, Irish, Japanese, French and Kiribati. I think it still needs a skinny bias strip and maybe the English welcome needs to be bigger. I haven't fastened anything down yet. It started as applique, but I decided to cheat and use fusible. I used my scrapbooking sizzix to cut out the letters. I have gotten more use out that thing than you can imagine. I even used it to cut fruit roll ups to decorate a birthday cake one year. I really hate fusible, but I spent an hour preparing the first flower and decided I needed to finish more than I needed to create delicate needle turn. This is supposed to be my April project after all. I'm still pondering the scalloped border. I'll get that figured out before I start ironing. Speaking of ironing, mine burned out last night. I guess I do more ironing than an average person, but it wasn't all that old. A leg fell off the barbeque grill today and the chlorine generator for the pool just got replaced. Groups of three right? I should be in the clear now.
6 comments:
Be-e-e-eautiful!!!
Oh that is going to be such a beautiful quilt! So sizzix can be used for more than papper? i may have to look into it!
Absolutely gorgeous! Wow those blocks are stunning. Nice job!
Beautiful, I am really enjoying your sense of color.
That's going to look terrific when it's finished. I've often thought about getting a sizzix for my paper crafting, but what a good idea to use it for your applique letters - perhaps I shall have to think even more about getting one!
What a great way to welcome visitors to your house! Wonderful quilt.
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