Want to enjoy a garden filled with bright, cheery Spring blooms
without getting dirt under your fingernails? Here is a solution…
Appliqué it!
![Beginning Applique class applique flowers](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLGfj4i-V8vlhBCvbkf7MUSGBDvEIOpQr-N-Akyj80Re0T-JL-_HXqLBST0QUu6dXRo0Ft8QnkZlRkqHP43Unb6yqUNjN1C7J1Trg1O7mAiZl0eIgmeb9UTPdERiuINJbvSgmFZBlG5Is/s1600/AppliqueGarden1.jpg) |
Beginning Appliqué class: "Fantasy Garden" |
This whimsical little quilt is a
beginner level class project for my
Beginning Appliqué class. I'll be teaching this class—both hand and machine methods—this coming
Monday, April 7 at
Pins and Needles Quilt Shop. Won't you come out and join me in the garden?
Because if you don't have this in your yard…
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPRjtSXc_3DeTOlnI9EUuwMlKozLEWxCWxi4dg8GOoAyQBlEaNHr9pw04TtGWRoHaZVFyhYYadsOwQ_7_aqMBdURj92farhm2TAVAb5B1vUik6YUUJ5LgWKDJ_zFEpJsccFNpwqQjruFp/s1600/quince2.jpg) |
Quince and forsythia blooms. |
or these...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdYvruca6MecYHV__cnp42aCxgBdroWPJ3HIavmzabzJQmH14KaPfJh3HNCmgxRqC4f6NCmKcyBigpeoFyvp449veXSM0ePrDlsA5kYCynhNeV8VkMKj9hKAeRWpDcxOGY3r_6kOk4h1d/s1600/daffodils_hyacynth.jpg) |
Daffodils and hyacinths. |
you can create and grow these lovelies! And they will bloom all year 'round…
(I promise!)
![Applique flowers applique flower class](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbULZla86YiYqPUay8gvbjp4MOFe30J62rDXHupv57rD-LFikOV8LWkXYGqLdGucP75qsXsyB4PPhHMIYPGFyL0h0t-TbxdmUAuaifRv3yOkrkV-gAvl813V_Gyi8OqNp0se7SEZ1Hl9q/s1600/AppliqueGarden_flowers.jpg) |
Applique flowers will grow anywhere! |
Use this lime
Candy Dots backing fabric by
Blank Quilting and your garden will always be green and perky.
![back of appliqué quilt showing the machine quilting free-motion quilting](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVBHB-oYuk55N_kL1Wm4jcb9ApREhbFrTUgBEs_sNevY5TbDtY9RnOkmFdtrZXoQZfQl-3ezssFIWxJWxhSGhQ8BRM_6FNqDH4NlyIPrlOxNShGZruZI2vD6gPYgcNzCnHMOSEkENKyIh/s1600/AppliqueGarden_back.jpg) |
Free-motion quilting (back view).
Candy Dots wide backing (color: lime) by Blank Quilting. |
If you want to learn how to do
free-motion quilting with your home sewing machine, check my
class calendar for upcoming classes.
![Beginning Applique quilting class beginning appliqué quilting class](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwuW4K_8iYKXXnH7mJmEd0ceBuN0jepC-1kh0MkiphLvjLu_JhFbALobJBfUsEf35dZ0L15pEk7FuHqwkppilsvbJlCVhvGZqAZ_RY8z0tk73z3vKXddx24qksVCskAjEC8XVOHB6YqZM/s1600/BeginningApplique2web.jpg) |
Beginning Applique class. |