Mini Cooper Block
This month in the Ringo Pie Bee, Lynne requested blocks based on British Design Classics & gave us this image to use as inspiration:
I’ve been a bit stumped as to what to make–luckily Lynne said we could use applique if we’d like to which really saved my butt. =p We do a lot of paper piecing in this bee and paper piecing some of these images is just way over my head….applique, now I can handle that.
I decided to use this image as my inspiration:
I was a little bit concerned my block was gonna look like some wonky VW Bug–but, after I got going on it I was happy with the end result. The hubster could identify the car after I was finished so I called it a success.
Oh and by the way, I’m sure that Lynne would love if you’d pop on over to her blog to check out some of her fancy dance moves here. =P
Oh and by the way again, if you haven’t entered to win the Go! Baby cutter pop on over here and enter!
cute cute cute…love your mini.
Hugs Khris
OK now the ending of that post made me LOL!!! Love love love this mini but I think I might have mentioned that!
WOW! That’s pretty much all I can say. It looks amazing!
It’s great! I do appreciate a bit of British design and that is a fantastic version of a mini.
very impressive! good work!
That is stinken cute 🙂
Nice job!
I thought you painted it! WOW! It’s so detailed and beautiful. Lucky Lynne.
I definitely call your car a success! Turned out fabulous.
I love this! You are so talented.
She’s going to love it.
That looks amazing! It’s so cool that you designed that applique yourself. 🙂
Wow, nice Mini Cooper applique!! Your friend Lynne is seriously silly….what a nice thing to be 🙂
It is so stinkin cute! I love it!
very very cute and clever and adorable and i love it..what more can i say..jane
This is wonderful. Where could I learn how to do something like this? My husband is Land Rover enthusiast, and I would love to make him a landrover mug rug. Maybe he and quilting could begin to see eye to eye!
Applique is fairly simple to do–it just takes a bit of practice. The applique for the mini is all raw edge with straight line stitching which is one of the easier methods & definitely the way to go for all of those super tiny pieces. I taught myself to applique just by browsing around on the internet looking for answers to questions that I had. I certainly didn’t start out with anything complex–actually it was a little cherry applique that I did on a pair of my daughters jeans. I do have a post in the works that addresses a lot of questions I’ve received about applique so keep a look out for it! =)
This is one of the cutest blocks ever!
That is adorable. You did a great job. I wish applique and I got along as well you two do!
OH MY!!! Beyond Cute!! Cute as a Button! Snucke 🙂 I love it. Really aren’t words to say just how much I love it!!
This is the coolest thing ever! Wow! I love applique, but I could never have come up with that.
Corey, this is AMAZING!!!! I love it! Would love to hear more about your process.
Excellent job! I love it!
A really cool “WOW” block!! Love It! Wonderful job!
Cute Block it really does look like a vintage Mini