These are turning out so nicely I can’t believe it!! I love the look of the black and white. Why Red Delicious? Because on every row — somewhere — there will be a red apple core. It may be in the place of a black piece or a white piece. There will be no rhyme or reason to it; totally haphazard.
Look how flat the seams lie after pressing!
With the stitching lines and matching points so accurately positioned, it’s dead easy to stitch. And a whole lot of fun!!! I had about 20 of them stitched together in no time. Of course, my idea that this would be a small quilt went out the window. This will be a good-sized lap quilt, I’m sure. I’m equally sure that I will be making a few apple core quilts. There’s something very soothing about stitching a perfect curve like this — and these ones are so simple to do!!
Here you can see the first of the red apples.
This shot totally cracks me up — I have no idea what they were looking at out there on the roof garden, but something clearly had caught their attention.
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I love the shots you take of the backs of your projects. Wow! There’s something very satisfying about a smooth, flat back. This will be a wonderful quilt. 🙂
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Okay Cathi, this is really killing me. This Apple Core business is obviously fully rewarding for you adn for the rest of us and I don’t know if this will finally be what gets me? All I know is – this, this, oh shoot, this is just irresistible.That’s a “prime” shot of the boys!
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I have been thinking of doing an apple core quilt and yours really has me wanting to do it even more. My club is going to do a class in hand piecing next month using the thousand pyramid block, but you know – I think I see an apple core in my future instead of a pyramid.
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Looking good… 8-)Happy stitchings!
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I like the look of the apple core pattern but I have only done a small sample of it when I was teaching charm qult classes. You don’t have many pictures of the kitties together so this one is really neat. Whatever they see, it interested them both.
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I just love following this project. Great idea to put one red apple core in each row. And I love the name of this project. Can apple cores be machine pieced?
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Oh Cathi – that is so pretty. You’re having fun – aren’t you? Enjoy the bright day, I see there’s more snow arriving tomorrow.
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Love the name you've picked for your Apple Core project. (That's next on my list to purchase.) It made me smile as did the picture of Lester & Smudge. Our cats can't sit that close to one another peaceably.~Erin
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Your apple core quilt is going to be lovely. That’s a great photo of Lester and Smudge … I find it hard to get good photos of Molly and Olly together.Christine
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how darling is this??? I love your handwork.
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Hi Cathi,Thank you for your email..Your doing really great with the apple core, it’s going to be a lovely quilt.I’m convinced that’s the way to go the apple cores..Julia ♥
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Looking good. How excellent putting a red apple in, every now and then. Sure wish Inklingo was out when I pieced my apple cores. I see you are pressing as you go. Good idea. I keep putting off pressing mine. All the seams scare me. 🙂
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I just purchased this collection over the weekend. Normally this would have been something I would have passed up, but….I’ve had these 2000 3″ charms from a Y2K swap I did some years ago and they have just been sitting in a box. Thought this might be something I’d like to make my Y2K quilt into! Another project on the list for this year. Rae Ann
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THis is turning out really cute, Cathi–it NEEDS to be a lap quilt! I really like the spots of red.Lester and Smudge look as if they’re conspiring! Better watch out!
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Wow. God bless. I wouldn’t even TRY something as complicated as the quilt you are working on. It know they would never lay flat for me. Good luck.Linda
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