February is month number 2 of this skill-builder block of the month quilt. As mentioned in the starting post, I’m doing this for Year of the Rabbit so I’m about 3 months behind what I’m actually being shipped presently.
What worked?
- AccuQuilt Go! for cutting circles. For month #1, I used my Cricut to make circle templates for the flower layout. When I looked through my AccuQuilt dies, I realized I had circles already in a couple of floral dies that were exactly 1/2″ larger than the Cricut templates I’d already cut. They worked perfectly for cutting the fabrics. It ended up talking less than 5 minutes to cut 26 larger ones for the flowers and 26 smaller ones for the centers. This included the time to only fussy cut 2 centers.
- Used Pomegranate #55371 for the larger flower circle and Simple Shapes #55177 for the smaller center circles.
- I like hand applique a lot and this month was mostly all that.
- The foil technique works so good for making the circles.
- Was super please on the match up with my bias binding around the circle.
What didn’t?
- No major foibles this month fortunately! My bias needs to be a bit more straight but I’m not worried since flower stems and other things in nature are not all alike.
What did I learn?
- Slow and steady is working for me. Also waiting until the 1st of the month makes me not rush while still getting it all done and also being able to work on other projects.