Jeannette Bruce

Bring Me Flowers BOM








A few months ago (September), I signed up for Amitie's "Bring Me Flowers" BOM a pattern by Jen Kingwell. I've never done a Block of the Month in which everything was sent out month by month, so I thought I'd try it. It's also supposed to be done entirely by hand, which I will admit here and now that I have not done. I will hand piece where necessary, for example, in these blocks I did the applique by hand, but otherwise I haven't yet. I have to admit, I appreciate the sturdiness of machine sewing, it holds up, it's neat and I enjoy it. Why mess with that, so half the fun of making these blocks for me has been trying to figure out how I will get around having to sew by hand. The most challenging so far was sewing the drunkard's paths (which are extremely small) by the machine. I've used quite a bit of foundation piecing to make these as well.

As far as the fabric selection goes, I have substituted out a couple of the Jen Kingwell fabrics out for fabrics from my own stash here and there just to give it the little bit of extra pop of color that I like. I'm caught up now and anxiously waiting for the next blocks to arrive!

In the meantime, I've been moving at a glacial pace through the easiest of the borders (the checkerboard border) of my Midnight at the Oasis quilt. I have half of one side finished and I'm determined to make finishing this border my sewing goal for the week.
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