Slowly, but Surely!

That's the way it has been - very, very enjoyable, too! I really do love playing with the pretty, bright repros - as you will notice, I do not use a lot of fabrics of the Civil War era, a little too dull for me.
I made some stems using the Clover bias maker - then reverted back to the Hera marker. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks, lol! I really like using a striped fabric for stems and this is a real pretty brown by Australian designer, Michelle Marvig - soft colour and lovely in a nice texture, too. It is from the Suzani range.

Look closely at the centre - you will see a little cross made with stitches - this is how I line up the block when I trim back. I do use a blue pen at times and try to remove it as soon as possible. I have had only one disaster and that was in the days when the brown pens were around - thanks goodness it was able to be rectified!

I am not really proud of my stitches and shouldn't be showing closeups, but at least I am getting something done with my poor little chicken wings - at least I am managing to achieve nice little points still!

I have been using the freezer paper method to do my applique - sometimes the weight of the iron takes it's toll on my arm - I would love to achieve Janet's results using her method, but somehow I can't get the fibre out from the back of the shape - just had a thought- maybe I should soak it for a little while longer in soapy water - I'll try that! If anyone can help, please do.

My goodness, I haven't done a lot of talking as of late - I am having a really comfortable day today, so it is nice to chat!

Happy weekend - hugs - Lurline♥