Di Ford Mystery Quilt Part 1 Finished
I received the materials and Part 1 pattern for the Quiltmania Di Ford Mystery Quilt in mid-January. It has taken me quite a long time to complete the first part, mainly due to a head injury I sustained in early January. I have found the hand work just great, as I can just put it down when my head starts aching. I am new to needleturn. I tried creating a block using needleturn before Christmas and ended up unpicking it twice. So, it was with great trepidation that I decided to have another attempt with this project. I have never tried making a quilt this difficult before. It has been great fun so far. I started off by tea dyeing the background fabric to match the background of the chintz flower fabric for the broderie perse. I marked up the background fabric using a lightbox and a Frixion pen. I then created bias stems and needleturned them. Next, I appliqued the flower pot. I had to resew the main pot to the background...