Who doesn't love a few English paper piecing tips? Here is what I learned only from sewing these little samples for my pattern Summer Sorbet : a patchwork pattern that includes 3 designs for English paper piecing. Pre-washing fabric It is best to pre-wash the fabric for English paper piecing; you want to be able to easily fold and crease the fabric over the paper. A crisp fabric will … [Read more...]
A quilt that came as a gift!
Do you remember these pieces, cut out from this top? 522 applique pieces, backed with fusible web. I did nothing to achieve them! I was just making another quilt! This is the quilt. Isn't this reverse applique technique cool? It is inspired by the work of wonderful papercut artist; they make such intricate cutting on small pieces of paper, something I could never make with fabric. But … [Read more...]
A technique that gifted me 522 applique pieces
So it all started with a beautiful rainbow panel, Supernova Starburst (Hoffman Fabrics) and an Excel knife + a design and some fusible web. And a cutout job that is so relaxing! The design measures 33'', the space in between pieces is big enough, so cutting this design was pure joy. The next step in the big reveal: removing the paper backing of the fusible web. With … [Read more...]
How to sew faux trapunto
Do you quilt with two layers of batting? For this quilt-as-you-go quilt I used for some blocks cotton+a fluffy polyester batting and this gives such a wonderful definition to my quilting. But this time I wanted to use cotton+wool and I wanted to mimic the trapunto look without stitching trapunto. So here is a small faux-trapunto sample. I traced the design on fabric and outlined it several … [Read more...]
Trapunto and shadow trapunto tutorials
We love batting, right?! Even if it is that hidden layer in the middle of the quilt. It is as important as fabric! And in some situations, it becomes even more important than usual. I am thinking about the trapunto and shadow trapunto techniques. You probably already know: trapunto is just a design enhanced with an additional layer of batting that gives it a pronounced “stuffed” … [Read more...]
Free quilt design – free motion quilting feathers
I just finished two new quilts (wall hangings) - and on both I quilted feathers. I thought to make a new small design for you - my newsletter subscribers- in case you want to practice free motion quilting feathers. I made it the perfect size - 10'', not too small, not too big. I selected my threads and stitched first with the dark colors... ...then with the light … [Read more...]
Free quilt design
I made this design for my newsletter subscribers; you could make it as applique or with English paper piecing or just quilt it. I have a thing for free motion quilting with straight lines, so here is what I did. At first I was tempted to make a larger design and use thread in many colors... but then I thought to experiment with only two colors. This is Aurifil 28wt thread and … [Read more...]
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