Ok, just got home today and trying to catch up with all the information here.
First of all, happy belated birthday, Kathy. Hope you are having fun.
Lesley, thanks for the tutorials, I think I am going to stick with machine appliqué, but thinking about using the stem stitch like you showed for the embroidery.
Found my book waiting for me when I got home, and started looking at it...I feel a lot better about it now, although some blocks look hard, my machine stitching sort of looks like her stitching, so I think I'll be fine :mrgreen:
Looking through the photos, I can see this quilt in a chocolate background, with many yellows, oranges, greens and reds. I don't want to distract myself from what I am working on for the next couple of months, but will look for the perfect chocolate in Aprilish and want to start preparing my templates and cutting some of the earlier blocks to sort of get a head start in May.
Looking forward to it!
And yes I am definitely enlarging these blocks, the point are too tiny as is.