Finally finished with my February swap block! Melissa asked for a machine appliqued tree block similar to the cluck. cluck. sew. tutorial. I auditioned alot of designs to try and incorporate a little bit of me into the design. I actually drew this pattern out with my tablet [getting a little better at drawing on my computer, yea for me!] She sent along steam-a-seam 2 and I LOVED working with it :] Because of the tackiness of the adhesive, you could play around with where you wanted your pieces until you ironed it to make it permanent. Another plus was that it was much easier to take the backing paper off of the fabric without removing the adhesive in the process - I end up with alot more frayed edges when I use wonder under. I think with my next JoAnn's coupon I might experiment with it some more!Oh, by the way: you MUST check out the giveaway over at a la mode fabric :] she is a little crazy and it is showing up in what she is voluntarily giving away!
wow, heidi, this is amazing! I like the pear--it's such a creative addition. Also, I clicked on the photo for a closer view and it looks like the trunk has some gold running through it? Melissa is one lucky gal! ☼
ReplyDeleteLooks great Heidi--I've had this tutorial saved in my faves for awhile and I thought it was such a great bee idea. =) Love the cheery fabric choices as well.
ReplyDeleteThis turned out great!! So cool.
ReplyDeleteI really love this block! I keep meaning to follow that cute tutorial over at cluck.cluck.sew. This turned out great! Is that a pear in your tree?
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