Back to the Pretties - Design Wall Monday

Somewhere in the last couple of weeks, I sorta stalled on this project.  Going by and looking at the mess that had become my sewing hole, I was wondering why.  While I picked up the room and got it into workable shape again - I realized something.  I stalled right at the time I decided to make the applique basket for a medallion middle. So what's up with that???  I mean, I really do love hand applique and have been missing the quietness of it  --- I have a great book with instructions and tons of patterns for baskets ---- what's the problem???  I realized what I didn't like about applique was followin' the stinkin' pattern.   I mean is it just me or is it really hard to get everything just in the right places??  Plus when you're all done - it looks just like the pattern which is obviously someone else's work.

So I put my big girl pants on and said - "I don't need no stinkin' pattern!"  - Closed the book and just cut me a 24" square of pretty blush fabric for in the middle.  I thought about how I envisioned the  basket and how was the best way to make it.  So I cut some brown strips - Ironed them in half (lengthwise) and  placed them somewhere where I thought the basket should start .  Then I sewed down the raw edge side with my sewing machine and blind stitched the finished side.  WOOT!  One little part of the basket done.  Now, I just gotta build from there.

I've never did an applique like this - where I kinda made it up as I went.  This ought to be interesting.   Not to mention maybe I should take my own advice and try to learn something new with each project.   It looks like we have a week of rain and cold so its going to be a good week to sew!

Ohhh and the Open Studio Day went great!!  But that story is for tomorrow!

See more great design walls at Judy's Patchworks!