My First Hand Applique

I gotta take a little break from serious posts... Here is a picture of my quilt block that I made in class this week.  Mom and I took a class at Faye's on Saturday.  We had 5 hours in class to learn the technique of needle-turn applique.  Yep we left our machines at home and went to see how the rest of the world appliques.  I have appliqued before, but always with my machine.  In some instances, I have been happy with how it turns out.  I love love love the stars I appliqued on Reid's quilt.  I loved the appliqued quilt I made for my 2nd nephew, Kamden, when he was born.  I did not like my appliqued angels for a block of the month project I started from The Quilted Ceiling in Valley City.  So after 5 hours of hand sewing this block, was it done?  Nope.  Only a little more than half.  I went home and finished it later that evening.  This little block took me about 8 hours of hand stitching.  Did I enjoy it?  Surprisingly yes.  I cut out some more shapes to do a table topper for my coffee table tonight.  We'll just see how many eons it takes me to finish it.  :)