Appliqué Update Thursday

I've been working on all sorts of appliqué stuff lately.  This block is part of a "receiver's choice" block swap and the recipient of this block wanted botanicals.  I took a picture of one of my daylilies and played around with it in PhotoShop until I was satisfied.  Then I printed it out and used it to make this fused, machine-stitched version with some of my hand-dyed fabric.  I hand embroidered the filiments and used a strand of fuzzy thread with a strand of regular thread to make the stamens.

I had a tough time with this one -- the receiver wanted "sweets" and I immediately thought, "chocolate!"  But I couldn't figure out how to make a 9 inch block with the little candies on the fabric.  Then someone (probably me) mentioned "wine" and the idea took off.  This is a bottle of sweet wine along with the chocolates.








And in return, I received this adorable owl.

And this delightful turtle.  I love the fabrics in both of these blocks!

And there is progress on the CWBQ block.  I thought I would have had all the leaves sewn by now, but there are still a few that need to be stitched down.  I have saved the flowers for after the leaves as a sort of reward for finishing all those leaves!

To see other appliqué projects click here for Angie's blog.