At the end of March, my friend Ticka and I took an appliqué class in Wimberly, Texas. There were about 20 students in the class. Each of us chose one of the instructor’s patterns to work on. Ticka and I chose the Longhorn pattern.

My goal was to finish the Longhorn appliqué for hubby’s birthday present in September. By the end of the class, I’d extended that time frame to Christmas . . . 2013.

However, Ticka and I did not give up hope. We scheduled a work session for the Longhorn. In the March class, I managed to cut out six pieces (out of about 50 for the Longhorn head). By the end of the first work session last weekend, I had 25 pieces cut and arranged. Here is the result. You can see the pattern tracings underneath the appliqué pressing sheet. We have another work session scheduled for the end of May.

I’ve named my Longhorn-in-progress Dippity-Do, because I cut his top hair with spiked points and it looks like he is wearing Dippity-Do.

Dippity-Do