Freda's Hive: Parcheesi Quilt

Since I finished the hand applique for both the Bunny Hill table runner and the little dresses for the baby quilt I snooped around my sewing room today to find some new hand applique project to play with. I must always have some hand work project going all the time or I go a little nuts. If I'm watching a movie with the girls, riding in the car, or going anywhere that requires waiting - I can't stand it if I don't have some hand work to pull out. So I opened my bin of unfinished projects and found a nice little package of applique already started. I think I began this parcheesi quilt about 2-3 years ago. I am a finisher through and through and I can't remember why I put this project away in the first place. All the white squares are cut out, I have the freezer paper already ironed onto some of the feedsack prints and I even have several blocks finished. What was I thinking?

Anyway I guess it's now the right project for the right time. I love using feedsacks, as I've said over and over so this is going to be wonderful to pick back up. The template fits perfectly in some of the feedsack squares I've ordered from Glenna in the past. Using freezer paper gives the applique such a crisp edge. And the freezer paper is cut out already! I use the freezer paper templates over and over several times and iron them onto the back of the fabric until they no longer stick. Then I make more. But I have quite a few, so I may not have to make more.

I have no recollection of where I got this template to make the parcheesi quilt but there it was in the baggie with all the other pieces to make the blocks. It must have been on one of my more organized days that I put this away. So its like a gift to myself now to pick it back up again all ready to go! - nanette