Hi everyone! I was overwhelmed by the hand stitchers that signed up early for the “Piney Rose” stitch along. I’ve got your “starter” packages ready to mail out today.
Starter Package
Your package will contain your exclusive project pouch, cover sheet and supply list. You still have plenty of time to sign up. The first step won’t be sent out until the middle of February.
I did have a good question about fabric selection and would there be a kit available. Since it takes so many little pieces of fabric (a great stash buster) for the piecing, I couldn’t have Pappy’s prepare a kit. But Pappy’s Quilting Place did get in a generous supply of the background I used. You will need a 5 yard piece. (I’ve made a note of this on the supply list coming with your starter package.)
I’ll be doing more “hand photography” this year with the idea of adding extra “tip” pages in the stitch along packages certain months. These will include how to piece 8 pointed stars exactly, making points so sharp you need a bandaid, pressing, and sequential hand piecing. These are some of the subjects I’ve covered in my seminars, but now you’ll have them in print form sitting in your stitching chair with your pj’s on!
“Piney Rose”
Here is some background on my quilt “Piney Rose”. My mom had peonies (called Piney Rose here in TN) in her garden at home. I can remember she got them from a friend and planted them by our back door. She babied them for a couple years as they don’t take well to transplanting. Well, her care paid off with an abundant of white blooms with pink tinges. I can remember her sitting on the porch, drinking coffee and staring out at her peonies that bloomed in the spring. My “Piney Rose” is dedicated to her memory.
Hand piece a memory this year!
http://cindyblackberg.com/piney-rose/
Happy Stitching!