First Applique...

Is finished and it only took two years!!!  Wow, finally it's done.  Darling Daughter and I started this adventure two years ago, when she came for a fall visit.  We worked on it again the next fall, when she returned. I promised, another fall would not go by without it being done, and it it is...

I love the colors and the layout, but I hate the piece.  Well, that is how it finished.  This was my first attempt at applique and had I known... I would have not let so much time lapse in between having worked on it.

 I messed up, literally.  I used spray adhesive and pins, lots of them!  The piece over time and lots fondling during the quilting process began to loosen and while I noticed it,  I didn't realized what was happening and it stretched.  

 

  The end result is the piece, did not remain flat and taunt and in looks rolly. It was too late, to do anything  at this point.  I was not starting, all over. I had too much time vested and I would just finish it. IF... I ever make the attempt to applique again,  I  will keep at the quilting until the piece is done. I hate life's lessons, especially when it can be prevented!