Leaves are my weakness! In the past Halloween has been one of my favorite holidays and I can't help but look at all the Halloween patterns out there. I love pumpkins (love to eat it too!) The other day I came across Calendula Patterdrip's Cottage. I looked at other things Meg Hawkey designed and she has a fun and interesting style! Do a search and look at how cute this one is. It's pieced and embroidered. I would love to make it, but it is another one that requires a great deal of time and stick-to-it-tiveness. I don't know that I have it. I am so flitty when it comes to needlework. I think that is why I do smaller projects, bags and pillowtops. I need to develop some discipline. This is one of the reasons I joined the board. I thought maybe it would help with that problem in particular, keeping me trained on one project. Hopefully my pineapple quilt as you go project! I would like to end up with a bed quilt!
I have a ink-jet printer. If you find and ink that becomes an iron-on and then washes out, PLEASE let me know! I don't think it exists! I have never heard of it, I just thought it would be a good idea! Maybe it is out there already. I have used printouts from the computer and use an iron-on transfer pencil. But that can be time consuming and I find it hurts my hands after a while, pressing hard to get good coverage. On thinking further, if they made a wash out ink that could be printed directly onto fabric sheets, that might do for smaller projects. It would limit the size, where iron-ons could be pressed anywhere on a larger swatch. Keep your eyes open for me! I do searches every so often and come up with other neat stuff, but not what I am looking for.
I love those Hawaiian blocks. Since my machine is so old it does not do a satin stitch very well anymore and it would be all hand work for me. I imagine you could fold a piece of fabric into eighths and make your own design for each block. Kind of like cutting out paper dolls in a string, the same idea. I have downloaded a few free ones from the net. My quilting To-Do list is enormous! I looked at the abbreviation cheat sheet and had to laugh! I have tons of UFO's, a long list of WHIMMs and I WIWMI or maybe WTheyWMThemselves! lol Kitty :-D