Flower Spools Quilt & Vendor Craft Apron 2

Hello and welcome to my day of

 Where the Flowers Bloom Blog Hop

Brought to you by the lovely Carla from Creatin' in the Sticks

Up first is the Flower Spools Quilt~

I belong to a little applique group that meets monthly in my friend's home. We like to work on the same applique projects together. We chose to make this cute Flower Spool quilt. (The pattern is old and must be out of print, so couldn't find any info to link to). The pattern showed 4 flower spools and the flower spools were very small, they measured 1 1/2" wide x 5 1/4" tall. That just was too small for me, so I enlarged the applique to 150% and made 3 flower spools instead. I like it so much better. I made more changes too. First I pieced together white and cream colored scraps to create my background fabric, then I added the flower applique and blanket stitched around them. I also chose to use rickrack for the stems of the flowers. I made the appliques using batik and hand dyed scraps and like I said, the background was all scraps, so this entire quilt including the borders was all from my scraps. The binding was fabric that I hand painted a while ago and was just the perfect color to use on this quilt.

Flower Spools Quilt

Rickrack stem.

You can see I pieced the white background using fabric scraps.

I was a little late to sign up for this blog hop, so thank you Carla for allowing me to join in the fun. I hope you like my quilt and I also made the apron below using flower prints.

Next, Apron~

I was asked a couple of months ago to make a Vendor Craft apron by a woman who saw my first Vendor Craft apron here. I asked her what color(s) she wanted and she said she liked all colors. Well not to bore you all with the details, but she never got back with me about the apron. I took it to show a small quilt group I belong to and one of the ladies there wanted me to make her one like it too. I did not make another one because I thought I would sell her this one if I did not hear from the first woman by the time we met at our larger quilt group last Thursday. I didn't hear anything from the first woman so I did sell the apron to my friend, the second woman who saw and loved it. I am glad she really loved it and I learned a lesson: that I need to take 50% non-refundable deposit in the future for anything custom made.

On with the apron! I really love the fabrics I chose to make this apron. I have had that tulip fabric for a really long time too! The flowers and colors just scream Spring don't they?

Perfect Spring colors for this apron.

Flap over a pocket with a triple stacked button. Oh I love stacking buttons and have done so since I was a teenager.

Business card pocket with another button double stacked.

A zippered pocket to keep cash secure.

I added a Velcro closure to the flap rather than a buttonhole, so that it can open quickly, without having to fiddle with a buttonhole.

To compare aprons, this is the first apron I made for myself.

Closer look at my first apron.

My $5 garage sale dress form modeling the apron.

Ties are long enough to wrap to front and tie or if you want to tie in back you can, especially for a larger woman.

Business card pocket.

A swivel hook to hold car keys.

Pocket for a small pad of paper and a pen pocket too.

Okay I tend to go overboard with photos, but I like to see things close up as well as the whole item, so I take lots of pics. LOL!!!

Please be sure and visit the other bloggers on this Blog Hop. I hope you enjoy getting inspired from all the lovely items you see throughout the blog hop.

Where Flowers Bloom Blog Hop Schedule

Monday, June 11th

MooseStash Quilting
In The Boon Docks
Seams To Be Sew
Lily Patch Quilts 
Days Filled With Joy
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Seacoast Quilter

Tuesday, June 12th

Life in the Scrapatch
Words & Stitches
Kwilty Pleasures
Patchwork Breeze
AllThingzSewn
VroomansQuilts
Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
Why Knot Kwilt

Wednesday, June 13th

Just Let Me Quilt
Hazel’s Daughter
Nettie Sews and Lucky Quilts
ShirleyC
Cynthia's Creating Ark
Songbird Designs
Creativeblonde
Patchouli Moon Studio (me)

Thursday, June 14th

Sew Incredibly Crazy
selina quilts
PamelaQuilts
Ms P Designs USA
sunshinequilting
Melva Love Scraps
Quilty Pleasures

Friday, June 15th

Den syende himmel
QuiltFabrication
Blessings From Our Nest
DesertSky Quilting
Just Because Quilts
Quarter Inch Crafter
Creatin' in the Sticks

Before you go, I wanted to share the one and only flower that bloomed on our little Hedgehog cactus. Only planted little Hedgie last year, so it's still small.

Love the color of the flower!

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