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What’s Not to Like?

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This is another Kim Diehl project.  I joined up for her Simple What Nots program again.  This is Season Two, Month One.  Those little hexies are appliqued on.  I am such a klutz when ironing the applique pieces around the freezer paper shapes, and good grief, what a mess I make with the glue when I am positioning the pieces on the background.  Afterwards, I have burned finger tips and am sticky all over.

I used Kim's invisible machine applique and was fairly pleased with my effort.  It was simple and went together in just a few hours.  You can purchase last year's Simple What Nots kits on Fatquarter Shop (all on sale now), and join Season Two if you are interested.

Don't Kim's designs and fabrics express her style perfectly every time?  She is so true to her own tastes when she creates.  If you didn't know, you would look at that and think, "Hmmm, that looks like a Kim Diehl design".

I am finding this Simple What Nots program very enjoyable, and am so glad to have a chance to practice my machine applique.  I have to say though, I always feel like a bit of a mad woman when I am clipping the background away from underneath the applique shape in order to tear out the freezer paper.  I hate hacking away with sharp scissors on a just completed project.  Plenty of ways to go wrong there.

This project is super tiny.  It only measures 12.5 by 14.5 inches.  I think it is the perfect size to put next to my tv table as a coaster for my wine glass and remote device or perhaps under a candle.

I think it is pretty cute, and I plan to quilt it and bind it this week and find a place for it!

 

18 responses to “What’s Not to Like?”

  1. How charming! Love the cute little blocks, the fabrics, that perfect narrow blue border, and your machine applique skills. You’d better watch out though – this is a perfect size for a doll quilt so Miss E may appropriate it. It ’tis the season for quilts on the bed after all.
    We have a few inches of snow this morning, the grass is no longer showing, and it’s still snowing!
    Hugs!

  2. How charming! Love the cute little blocks, the fabrics, that perfect narrow blue border, and your machine applique skills. You’d better watch out though – this is a perfect size for a doll quilt so Miss E may appropriate it. It ’tis the season for quilts on the bed after all.
    We have a few inches of snow this morning, the grass is no longer showing, and it’s still snowing!
    Hugs!

  3. How charming! Love the cute little blocks, the fabrics, that perfect narrow blue border, and your machine applique skills. You’d better watch out though – this is a perfect size for a doll quilt so Miss E may appropriate it. It ’tis the season for quilts on the bed after all.
    We have a few inches of snow this morning, the grass is no longer showing, and it’s still snowing!
    Hugs!

  16. I absolutely love Kim’s designs … and your topper is beyond adorable … love it!
    I would LOVE to take a class to learn Kim’s applique methods (although it sounds like she uses the freezer paper method that I learned – and can actually do!). Snipping away the background to pull out the freezer paper makes me so nervous, too!!

  17. I absolutely love Kim’s designs … and your topper is beyond adorable … love it!
    I would LOVE to take a class to learn Kim’s applique methods (although it sounds like she uses the freezer paper method that I learned – and can actually do!). Snipping away the background to pull out the freezer paper makes me so nervous, too!!

  18. I absolutely love Kim’s designs … and your topper is beyond adorable … love it!
    I would LOVE to take a class to learn Kim’s applique methods (although it sounds like she uses the freezer paper method that I learned – and can actually do!). Snipping away the background to pull out the freezer paper makes me so nervous, too!!