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Trend-Tex Challenge 2018: On a side note first - I’ve been busy over the past several weeks with day-job work, so I’m a bit behind on my blog posts! I do still try to make time almost every day to work on projects even if it’s only for a few minutes - so I’ve been working away on things, just not posting about them.

So – every year for Quilt Canada, the Canadian Quilters’ Association hosts a themed mini quilt challenge, sponsored by Trend-Tex. I decided to participate this year and ordered a kit of this year’s designated fabrics, which was a mix of more modern fabrics including some Cotton and Steel prints.

The theme was “Celebrate” and I puzzled over what I would do for a while! But I decided after seeing my mom’s pressed flowers designs (she is making greeting cards with dried flowers), I decided I’d do something similar with fabric - and it could be “Celebration of Spring.” (Which seems like it’s never coming at this point, we’ve still got snow on the ground here in Ottawa!)

I tried a new-to-me technique of fusible raw-edge appliqué. I drew out shapes on paper, then traced them onto the fusible “Heat-n-Bond.” I fused them to fabric, fussy-cutting for some of the flower petals. I tried a bunch of arrangements – at first I’d wanted to do something symmetrical, then decided I am better with something a little more random! I then fused to the background fabric before quilting. More on that soon!