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...

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...

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...

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...