The Desperate Housewife’s Quilt – Week 26 Christmas Lights

Welcome to week 26 of the ‘The Desperate Housewife’s Quilt’. Todays block is about simple piecing and embroidery to create a sparkling block. Remember, this is not a quilt-a-long. Just follow the blog every week and pick and choose which blocks you would like to make. I will be injecting some uniqueness into traditional blocks, applique, three dimensional, crazy and thread-art blocks. If you make a block please post it on the Flickr group for everyone to enjoy. Also, I have this nifty button under each post that allows you to save the post as a PDF.

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Be sure to visit this week’s Guest Blogger and their wonderful block.

(N.B Due to time and date differences, guest bloggers posts do not always coincide with my post)

This weeks guest blogger is Belinda Shreeve from BelleBooks blog. Belinda has made this wonderful block named ‘Flights of Domestic Fancy’. I do love the feature fabric Belinda has used in this block.

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Christmas Lights
Every Christmas pulled out of the box, a tangled heap of bulbs and wires. Illuminating the houses in the street causing each neighbour to out do the other ……

Materials

FQ of charcoal fabric for back ground.
scraps of patterned fabric
Perle Cotton
Fusible web

Assembly

Download the foundations templates from here and here.
Foundation piece the block
Cut the circle template out (found on page 2 of the foundation templates)
Trace onto fusible web and cut out leaving 1/8″ away from pencil line.
Press onto back of fabric and cut out on pencil line.
Peel backing off and press onto block. Machine appliqué.
Using the Perle cotton and backstitch, embroider a string to link the lights.

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks block. The DHWQ will continue in a fortnights time. Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year to you all.

*** Copyright 2011 Jane Davidson. Please remember that these blocks and any blocks designed by guest bloggers should not be used for commercial purposes ( sold as a pattern, published etc) without the written consent of the owner ***