I’m offering a simple, graphic mystery quilt that measures 46” x 50” this year. No registration is required but to insure you receive weekly instructions subscribe to my website by entering your email address in the upper right corner of the home page. You will …
Take one vintage dresser scarf in less than pristine condition, dip in dye pot and cut in pieces. Two 12 x 16 and one 18 inch square pillow forms along with two coordinating prints from Hickory Stick Quilt Shop, one yard each, will easily yield the three pillows shown. I always make lap back pillows so they can be laundered or changed out for the next project.
Christmas Baubles and Bubble Lights A Table Topper Hoffman fabrics with silver metallic highlights caught my eye at my favorite quilt shop earlier this year. This table topper is an easy and quick project to make for the Christmas holiday table and could easily be …
My interpretation of a specific section of the Mississippi River. Done as a challenge project for the Hannibal Piecemakers Quilt Guild. It features Tyvek leaves, thread sketched bluebird, needle felted branch on a raw edge applique background. The river had to be the challenge fabric …
So fun to do some thread painting. Has been a couple of years since practicing this technique.
Finished block, 38″
Iron freezer paper template onto fabric square
Baste stitch about 1/4″ outside the freezer paper in preparation for gathering. Then trim away excess fabric about 1/4″ away from basting stitch.
Remove freezer paper and insert mylar template, pulling gathering threads around the circles edge. evenly distribute the gathers for smooth edge.
Press from wrong side (mylar template does not melt) and then again on the right side and remove the template.
I use a blind hem stitch with a narrowed zig zag and narrowed straight stitch to invisibly attache the circle to the center.
Love this method for those perfect circles–very similar to the work of hand appliquers when making perfect circles.
