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Aug
25
Sewing Room Clocks
Filed Under Batik, Blanket stitch, Circles, Designers, Patterns, Wool | 2 Comments
I am in awe. The ingenious Darcy Ashton has done it again! You have got to go and see her fabulous new design for making an appliquéd clock!!!
Who knew?
Cheers,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Nov
1
Pat’s pics of antique quilts at Houston
Filed Under Borders, Circles, Color, Designers, Hand appliqué, History, Quilt shows | Leave a Comment
Daily blogger Pat Sloan put up a post showing some of the antique appliqué quilts that were displayed during Festival in Houston. They are so amazing.
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Oct
5
Dream Landscapes
Filed Under Books, Circles, Designers, Embellishment, Machine appliqué, Prizes, Raw edge | 5 Comments
This month’s prize winner is Wenche Martinsen of Drammen, Norway. Congratulations Wenche!
I’ve been looking forward to delving into this month’s book, Dream Landscapes: Artful Quilts with Fast-Piece Appliqué
Rose tells us, “Fast-Piece Appliqué is a method of construction that makes easy work of sewing curves, circles, and many designs that you thought were too difficult to put together.”
Once I read through the process, it was one of those V8 Moments. Wow, it really makes a lot of sense!
Rose’s method employs tracing paper, freezer paper templates, and machine-sewing the pieces together from the front… simple and direct. She takes us through a small teaching project first and then provides several patterns and a beautiful gallery of her own and her students’ work for inspiration.
Look at those beautiful flowing curves!
Circles sewn without clipping or pinning!
The book includes a quick tutorial on color, full and detailed step-by-step instructions for Fast-Piece Appliqué, and a lot of information on yarn, which is couched over the top of the stitching lines to delineate the shapes and cover raw edges. The couching also provides the initial quilting.
Then the author takes us through the steps of sandwiching, further quilting, and binding these pieces of wall art, followed by a wonderful section on embellishing with embroidery stitches and beading.
Many thanks to Martingale & Company /That Patchwork Place for sponsoring the prize.
And thanks, Rose, for making me start to dream of landscapes!
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Feb
8
Bigger perfect circles
Filed Under Circles | Leave a Comment
Just got my email newsletter from Connecting Threads and found out that Karen Kay Buckley, due to popular demand, now has a set of templates to make larger circles.
Go to Connecting Threads and do a search for “perfect circles” and both her original set and the new one should come up.
And, if you missed it from my earlier post, take a look at Susan Brubaker Knapp’s photo tutorial on how to use the templates.
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Jan
21
Perfect circles
Filed Under Circles, Designers, Hand appliqué, Photo tutorials, Prepared edge, Product demo | Leave a Comment
Designer Susan Brubaker Knapp has posted a wonderful photo tutorial on her blog about how to use Karen Kay Buckley’s Perfect Circles™ templates to make prepared-edge circles for hand appliqué.
I have a set of KKB’s templates tucked away in my appliqué bag of tricks. The circle templates come in a whole lot of different sizes and they come with a ring so you can keep them all corraled.
Be sure to visit Susan’s website also, Blue Moon River. Susan has some beautiful patterns there, including stunning block-of-the-month appliqué patterns.
Thanks Susan!
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Oct
10
Fusible interfacing appliqué
Filed Under Circles, Fusible interfacing, Machine appliqué, Photo tutorials, Prepared edge, Product demo | Leave a Comment
I posted a little photo tutorial over on the Quilt Puppy Show & Tell Center about making lollipops using fusible interfacing.
The fusible interfacing method is great for big, simple shapes. The edges are turned, you can use any kind of machine appliqué that you like, and the the product only fuses to the background, not to the motif, so it can be trimmed away after stitching and does not remain in the quilt.
It’s another method for your appliqué bag of tricks!
Until next time,
Kay
Sep
24
Super circles
Filed Under Circles, Photo tutorials, Prepared edge, Turned edge | Leave a Comment
Designer Anna Maria Horner posted a great photo tutorial showing an ingenious way to make prepared-edge circles using aluminum foil! Visit her blog.
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