New to Me in April 2014

It's the 25th of the month so time to have a look and see what has been tried for the first time this month.

First up for me this month was joining a Quilt Group!

I came across an advert for a new Quilt Group in my local supermarket, so decided to take the plunge and join in. The class meets every alternate Wednesday and by the time that I came across the notice had already met twice, so I have a lot of catching up to do!

The group were tackling Ohio Stars last week, so I decided to work on the same block and try and catch up with the rest at home, so this is my first Quilt Group block. It was so much fun to spend 3 hours with like-minded individuals, that you will probably not be surprised to hear that I didn't get the block finished before we had to pack up for home :)

My second New to Me for April was creating my first ever downloadable applique template!

I created this Cafetiere and Mug Cosy tutorial for the Terry's Fabrics How-to blog and had to work out how to create a downloadable template for the Armchair Applique. Being somewhat technologically challenged that was no small ask let me tell you! However, I managed it in the end and you can find the instructions and the template here






By the time you are reading this I will be hopefully, well into my third New to Me for April and should be busy admiring buildings like this!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registan

We are travelling along one of the ancient Silk Routes, visiting cities such as Samarkand and Tashkent along the way so I hope you will excuse me if I don't reply to your comments straight away :)

Now it's your turn to share what you have been up to that is New to You this month.

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The link will remain open until 23.59GMT on April 30th, so you have plenty of time to try something new and link up and join the party :)

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