Other exciting things happened in 2022 that I don't think I have ever shared. My local quilt shop - The Country Yard was having a bit of a change around of staff and I offered to work one day per month to help things along. I got offered the opportunity to create a new project!! Woohoo, my dream job. Jumping straight in the deep end we decided to offer the It's A Lot Quilt as a BOM project with three different colour palettes to choose from.
This was my original selection - what we called Retro Vintage. Based around a Basic Grey print from the Cidar range... I don't think all the prints are shown here but you get the general idea.
I fused the applique pieces onto Block 1 to illustrate how it could potentially look but these were never blanket stitched.
The second palette was a dreamy blue and brown version based around the floral prints shown on the left by Lella's Boutique.
This gave a more restful overall feel... although it has higher contrast.
I have just started blanket stitching adding the applique elements to the Retro Vintage version. Although the pattern uses needleturn applique I am doing fusible applique with machine blanket stitch - using a mid grey aurifil thread for all the elements.
It really does add an extra depth to the overall design.
The only problem with sewing along to create a shop sample is that you actually have to finish things!! I am onto the fourth block so I am counting that as a win. Although I start back at my day job tomorrow... and we are already planning 2023 shop projects... hmmm, will have to see how that goes :0).
