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There must be twenty markers around my house with disappearing ink, but just like socks, they all seem to wear out at the same time. I fully intended to get some more quilting accomplished on my “Peace, Love, & Haight Ashbury” quilt, but those markers just weren’t cooperating.

Back to “Rainy Garden Windows” I went.

These flowers take very little marking. I just put the end of a big spool of thread in the middle of the square and traced around it. Fortunately, my chalk marker worked on these. Then I roughly sketched in the crosshatch marks in the center of the flower. They do not need to be perfectly measured or straight. From there I had enough to guide me.

Although it can be done, I do not sketch the petals of the flowers. I just make sure the tips of the petals reach the arcs that have already been stitched with the walking foot on the sashing and cornerstones. It is a lot easier than it looks, however, it is very time consuming.

Here is the link to the post that describes how I quilted the arcs on the sashing blocks:

http://quiltedtimeposts.blogspot.com/2013/06/marking-and-quilting-simple-sash-design.html