2000 was the year I decided I was going to learn to hand applique. You know how it goes you find a pattern that is far beyond your capabilities. But you love it, just have to make it, so you sign up for the block of the month.
OK, do you remember the chicken block of the month from Maggie Walker called A Country Journal? This was what I wanted to make for my first attempt at hand applique. The first month's block arrived in the mail. I worked and worked on it. Most of it came out pretty good for a beginner. Everything but the feet. I sewed them on and took them off so many times that I nearly wore out the background material. My solution was to just give up and sew them on by machine. So, my first chicken has flat feet. I was just catching my breath from the first month when the second month 's block came. OMG it had 2 chickens on it. Needless to say they too have flat feet. I think I stopped in the middle of the 4th month. It has been my resolution every year since then to finish the quilt. Not really sure what I'll do with it when I'm done. I just hope one of the kids will want it and they not bury me with it.