What started as a garbage can save ended up in this lovely wall hanging. The lady that started them (hi Cathy) threw them out and a visiting friend saw them and grabbed them with intentions of doing something with them (hi Karin). Karin brought the apple cores to the garage and told us the story of the rescue. Another day in the garage and Karin gifted them to me as she didn't want to work with the apple cores but she knew that I could do something with them. Then Cathy found more apple cores and mailed them to either me or Karin (I can't remember). Anyway, I now had another apple core project to work on even though I was done working with cores.
Before starting anything, the rescued cores had to be disassembled and washed to remove the permanent markings and once dry, the cores were resized because some of the markings just didn't want to wash out. So my cores are a bit smaller than the original. New templates were made and then the EPP process got started and then it became this quilt. A few more apple cores were added from my stash to round out the rows.
For the applique, an image was found on the internet and then it changed once I started playing around with curves and circles until it became my own version. Notice how the star in the centre of the applique lives on yet another quilt. That star is my trademark now.
A few years later, here is my quilt. "Dutch Apples". Well, apple cores and the applique looks Dutch inspired. That's my thinking and I'm sticking with it. LOL I'm very pleased with my quilt!
