October Eve Report on Merricks Progress (and a New Project!)
My weekend retreat without my Bernina was very, very nice. While the retreat was scheduled from Thursday afternoon until Monday morning, that was longer than I wished to be away, so I came home very early on Sunday morning. This is the central medallion of Merricks and the first thing I did was applique it onto the background squares. I don't really enjoy applique other than blanket stitch (more about which in a minute), but this went together smoothly. The color is a bit off in this photograph in that the cross piece that appears to be black is actually purple. Next came the 21 pairs of leaves of various greens that surround the central medallion. This took many, many hours of blanket stitching and because I've never become comfortable using a thimble, it was hard on my fingers. But it's done. There is another row of applique to happen once my fingers feel better; that will be approximately two inches beyond the leaves and is 1" wide strips of various sizes and fabric...
