06 May Early works
I've been busy making things I can't show you yet. I'm sure you know how that goes. Some of it won't be long now. In the meantime, I thought I'd go back and share some of my early works. I have shared this quilt on...
22 Mar Stitch Summer 2012
I am so excited that Stitch Summer 2012 is finally out! I've been a big fan of Stitch for quite a while. It has so many great projects with such a wonderful variety of styles and techniques. I'm doubly excited for this issue since I...
05 Jan Some handwork
My handwork group (Seven Sisters) meets every two weeks. After I finished the appliqué on my Very Long Term Project, I didn't want to jump into a new long term project just to have something to do. Given the time of the year, snowflake designs were on...
05 Oct I had some plans….
to stitch these blocks together this morning. I have been working on this quilt for nearly four years! Last week, at my Handwork group, I put the final stitches in the applique. We meet from 10-1 every other Tuesday. As 1:00 approached, my lovely friends...
12 Nov A fusible applique method
Before we dive into the details of how I do my fusible applique, let me say that I did not invent this method. I have taken classes, read books and watched TV shows learning quite a few different ways to do fusible applique and decided...
08 Nov Not quite ready for hot pads
I had planned to do a post/tutorial either yesterday or today on the holiday hot pad. It seemed pretty simple. I already have all the directions written out. All I needed to do was a little sewing, take a few pictures and...
04 Nov Do you applique?
Evergreen Bias I saw two surveys a while back that said only between 10% and 30% of quilters do applique. I was surprised the numbers were so low. I LOVE applique. I enjoy piecing too, but applique gives you complete design freedom. Now, I understand that...