I am working on the third pattern in the Illusions series and I realized I haven't posted on the blog about the first two projects so here is the first one. Y seams intimidate many quilters and I was one of them! I made a gorgeous 3D design and the first thought was, of course - stay away from Y seams! So I stitched it in English paper piecing. You see here 6 different fabrics and maybe you … [Read more...]
English Paper Piecing Tips for Beginners
Do you need some English paper piecing tips? Have you tried this technique yet? For more than 10 years I stayed away from it, admiring with envy beautiful Grandmother's Flower Garden quilts, thinking that I will never be able to sew something like this, because : "I sew only by machine, I don't have enough patience for sewing by hand". I can't remember the exact circumstances, but one day I … [Read more...]
How to finish the edge of the hexagon quilts
Wondering how to finish the edge of your hexagon quilts? Stitched by hand or by machine, the quilts made out of hexagons, with all those zig zag edges, need finishing (with or without binding) like any other quilt. Here are 4 different ways to finish the edge of your hexagon quilts. 1. Straightening the edges If you want the fastest (and easiest) method, this is the one. I finished my … [Read more...]
Blogger’s Quilt Festival
It's time for Blogger's Quilt Festival and I am still stitching on my new Aurifil Quilt. So I thought to enter one of my favorite quilts from last year in the Original Design category. The quilt measures 40'' and it was hand pieced using English paper piecing. The pattern is here. A few challenges, a few lessons to learn and the top was done. It was fun to quilt feathers (following … [Read more...]
A few more hexagons
These are the last stitches of 2013 for business ( I can't believe either that I did not finish with the hexy- mania!). It's almost the mid of December and I decided to take a break from work.I still want to stitch - but only gifts for my loved ones. And I have a lot of ideas... Stay tuned! Geta … [Read more...]
Square in Square Quilt
Here is my new quilt, made with Kona cotton. 40'' x 40'' After I quilted feathers on hexagons I wanted to see how the feathers look quilted on squares. It was easy to fill the space with feathers. The back - more texture than color - I would have loved the quilting to be more visible. Next time I will have to experiment quilting with thick thread. And here are … [Read more...]
WIP
The hardest part of my quilt is done. With the help of one sister and a glue pen, I finished the hand piecing. I really love the glue pen - it makes the "basting" process so fast; and I couldn't believe how accurate my pieces were. There were only 180 pieces, for a 30" little piece... and only 8 pieces like these ones - so happy that I finished with them! Matching 8 seams wasn't easy … [Read more...]