"Applique the Tracey Way...."

I just love the way that so many of you do applique. Jan does beautiful needleturn and those stitches are always so tiny and beautiful. Applique is something I have been threatening to learn for a long time now. Well....we are in the process of trying to get all of our Ode to 1930's Block of the Month blocks done and ready to assemble next week. We had partially done most of them as samples for the help sessions each month. Now, the smart thing would have been to finish them after each month, but somehow "life" always happened. So, we're playing catch up. (Stay with me now, I really will get to the point soon!) Each month there was at least one applique block, so I thought that this would be a good time to learn how to applique. Tracey has a great method she uses that was shown at several of the help sessions. In fact I told her yesterday that I was going to "Learn to Applique the Tracey Way"! Sounds pretty catchy, don't you think? So, I jumped in with both feet. This is a picture of the block that I am working on. Right now I'm ready to start stitching, but Jan is out of town, and many of you know that Tracey has been VERY busy lately. I looked at a few books, have my silk thread and tonight I will try it out! I'll let you know how it goes.

Been a busy week at Fab-Etc - working on the BOM blocks and having fun with new fabrics. We got a great new lime green/black group; new black and white (I just cannot help myself when it comes to b/w); new baby flannels; and yes, Ho, Ho, Ho, it's Christmas fabrics arriving!

Hope you have a perfectly lovely rest of your weekend. I have a long list of "to do's" and the sun is supposed to shine too! What could be better?

And all of you out there know who you are....for the last few days...thank you from the bottom of the Stewart family's hearts....we are truly humbled by your overwhelming love, concern and generosity. Thank you all.