September 6, 2016

This pattern confused me. It was designed by Katja Marek who is more or less the queen of English Paper Piecing. However as I tried to break down the pattern into the various templates I would need it seemed better done as paper piecing. But the pattern provided didn’t quite fit with paper-piecing either so I ended up modifying the pattern to make it work. The flower is the only part that is done with English paper piecing.

My go-to stitch for appliqué is the Blanket Stitch but that didn’t seem appropriate here so I tried a zig-zag stitch. Sorry Jackie, but I need more practice.

My sentiments for Jackie match the pattern’s name – Bee Happy.