Adventures in Applique

Here's my bee block for Nicole. I'd never done applique before, so it was a bit of an adventure. "Why don't these pieces line up right? Oh, duh, seam allowances! Okay, how am I supposed to press the seam allowance open without wrecking the fusible web on the back?"

Answer: don't use a sewing pattern if you're using the fusible method. But a quick visit to Madame Rotary Cutter solved that problem. Once I did away with those extra seam allowances, the rest of the process came together pretty easily.

Can't wait to see the rest of the blocks! I think this will be a beautiful quilt.