Since Christmas is around the corner, I thought to make my Folded Flowers pattern in Christmas fabrics. When I see pretty ornaments on fabric, I always think about fussy cutting so here are my fussy cut Christmas folded flowers. The fabrics layers were fused together with fusible web, cut in the needed shape and then I finished the edges with a zig zag stitch. I have made a few … [Read more...]
New Christmas Quilt Pattern
Hello friends, I just checked and the first time I used the knife to cut out a small design was July 31. Now, less than four months later, I have two patterns out that use this technique! Because it's too cool not to use it! This time I made some designs that look great on Christmas quilts. To me, they look great on any fabric, anyway, but with Christmas around the corner, I thought to use … [Read more...]
Reverse Applique Quilts – one technique, two quilts!
From time to time, any quilter needs a little variation. It could be a new tool, a new technique or a different fabric than what we usually use. To me, it was this precision knife! Inspired by amazing papercut artists and dreaming (day and night!) of INTRICATE designs that I want to cut out from fabric, I started with some simple projects. Some fusible web fused to fabric and a quick cut out … [Read more...]
Free motion quilting design – playing with Aurifil 28wt thread
Here is a new free quilt design for my newsletter subscribers- it is great for free motion quilting practice. You know I adore free motion quilting. For this little piece, I used Aurifil 28wt thread. If you haven't used this weight yet, give it a try. It's heavier than the thread we usually use for quilting (40wt or 50wt) but my sewing machine did not notice the difference: it sews … [Read more...]
A quilting message for you
HELLO! "Hello" is a new fabric line by Susan Emory for Michael Miller Fabrics. A blog hop that features this line started a few days ago and I am part of it, too. Today is my turn - I am excited to share my project with you! But first, you should check out the fun prints of this collection here. I know, I know - hard to choose a favorite! For my quilt I used the letter print and what … [Read more...]
Free trapunto quilt design
Do you know someone that needs a word of encouragement? Creating messages with batting and thread is a simple task! Let's see the example below. Enhancing a quilt design and giving it a pronounced “stuffed” effect with an additional layer of batting is called "trapunto". It's a beautiful technique, it requires simple tasks and the effect is gorgeous - you don't only see it, you feel … [Read more...]
New Free Motion Quilting Designs
Hello friends! Do you make progress in your quilting? I feel that I am less and less productive, because I have too many projects in the works: four, three of them started in the last 2 weeks! So here is one of them (actually, the starting point!): If you recall this quilt, this project started the same: a few pretty designs; I thought to sew only a few, in different sizes, to see the … [Read more...]
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