Applique borders

Hat-creek-quilts en Instagram: “Top border for my appliqué sampler quilt prepped ready to be basted then stitched. Nearly there. #hatcreekquilts #loveapplique…”

Earlier in the year, I appliqued a block called "Miss Kelly" designed by Erin Russek. I have decided to finish it in a "Round Robin" sort of fashion. I wanted to start by designing an applique border for this piece, first I scanned a few my own flowers/buds and leaves that I planned to work with. After a little tweaking on the computer, I printed out several pages of these elements (actual size) in greyscale. Now I could cut them up and start arranging, a little dab of LAPEL stick ( I love…

I have seen several of these Aunt Millie's Garden quilts done up at the shows I attended last year. Quite often they are appliqued on whit...

Applique Flowers are fun to make ! You can see more of the process in the video below, solving the mystery of how the paper is removed. Part Two of Making applique flowers with turned edges using freezer paper templates. I hope you enjoy the video ! I will be posting more pictures of the progress on my Blueberry Patch Quilt as I am working on the applique borders in my next post also on Instagram and Facebook. I will be writing the pattern for the Blueberry Patch quilt over the next couple…

I finished a quilt just after Christmas that I haven't posted about. This quilt I've been calling Not Toasty is for my 13 year old son. He was eager to start sleeping under it - mostly because I made it extra long so it will stay tucked in on his extra long twin bed. I really should have a picture of it on his bed but his room has been a little chaotic of late... So, here it is in my room instead :0) It's hard to photograph such a long quilt. It was wonderful to free motion quilt this on…

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Sample of hand stitched Shadow Applique,using my favourite dyed threads

I"ve been staring at this drawing for years. Blogged.

Michelle and I arrived in Houston today in time to go to the IQA Winners Circle! The best thing about going to the Winners Circle is that you can get nose to nose with the quilt (as long as you don’t touch it!) And you get to meet most of the quilt makers. On the show room floor you are several feet away as the quilts are cordoned off. The Best of Show winner this year is Janet Stone for her quilt, Garden Variety Sampler! The quilt has her trademark sheep and alphabet, and the detail on this…