January 5, 2013

The fifth day of January already!  I did manage to get a couple of things accomplished.  I think i forgot to post this picture before so I'm going to post it now.  It is one of the bonus patterns from The Quilt Pattern Magazine that I had tested.  It has been 

Here is a close up of my stitching.  I did the applique by hand but the quilting on the machine.

I also started the Mini BOM from the Quilt Pattern Magazine newsletter.  The first one is a snowflake.  Here is what mine looks like.

The blocks will be cut down to 4.5" each.  I cut it 6.5" to give plenty of room for it drawing up during the applique process.  Of course I did my applique by hand.  It was just easier.  :)