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Jul
2
Little Homes
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While I was at Quilt Market in Portland, I saw the display by Ackfeld Manufacturing of bunches of darling wire hangers, and it got my mind spinning with ideas. I ordered some of the little hangers and as soon as I got home I set out making some little quilts. I love small things so this was a barrel of fun for me, and it also have me a chance to show off the motifs from my new book Home: A Heartfelt Nap Quilt and how you can use them different ways.
These are all machine appliquéd with a blanket stitch, and I just used scraps left over from making the original Home quilt. I didn’t really plan anything out in advance, just chose the motifs and played around until I thought, ‘hey, that looks good,’ then fused them down. It’s great working this way in between fussier projects!
BTW these little guys are for sale hangers and all, so if you’re interested shoot me an email at topdog at quiltpuppy.com.
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
May
26
Background/foreground appliqué
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At Quilt Market, I stopped by the Patchworks Studio booth to meet Canadians Daphne Greig and Susan Purney Mark. Daphne and Susan are well known for their wildly popular books Fat Quarter Frenzy and Fat Quarter Frenzy Two. I found out they’ve also developed a very cool appliqué style they call Give and Take Appliqué™.
My husband the scientist would call it “figure and ground illusion.” Whatever you call it, it’s really very striking and an idea whose time has come! Visit the Patchworks Studio patterns page to check out Give and Take Appliqué™.
More to come from Quilt Market,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
May
12
Barbara Brandeburg’s machine appliqué tutorial
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I found the most fabulous photo tutorial on designer Barbara Brandeburg’s blog. She has posted a wonderful step-by-step visual guide to creating raw-edge fusible appliqué. Hurry over to her blog and look on the righthand sidebar for “Easy Appliqué Tutorial” and have it all laid out before your eyes.
While you’re there, read her posts answering questions about appliqué. It’s a treasure trove over there. Thank you Barbara! You can also shop for her highly attractive patterns.
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Apr
1
A Spot of Tea
Filed Under Blanket stitch, Books, Borders, Fusible web, Machine appliqué, Raw edge | 2 Comments
Look at this cute thing I just stitched up to hang in my booth at quilt shows!
I made this version of “A Little More Tea” smaller than the sampler pattern in Teapots 2 to Appliqué…it has 9 of the 16 designs. I call this one “A Spot of Tea.”
The appliqué notes in Teapots 2 are all about the back-basting, or no-template prep method for hand appliqué. For this cheery sample I used fusible appliqué with a small machine blanket stitch.
Sometimes I pull fabrics and make blocks, then go hunting for a border that will work with them. In this case I started with the border fabric and pulled the teapot fabrics from there.
Cheerio,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Mar
10
Laura Wasilowski on Quilting Stash
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Annie Smith of Quilting Stash sat down and had a long talk with incredible art quilter Laura Wasilowski. Listen to the podcast at the Simple Arts website.
Of all the episodes of Simply Quilts that I DVR’d, Laura’s was one I watched back a couple times. Her information about fusible appliqué came in the form of several revelations for me, and I wanted to make sure it sunk in.
You’ll enjoy listening to this interview.
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Jan
18
Bethany Reynolds’ magic mirror hearts
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I found this fun photo tutorial on Bethany Reynolds’ website about how to use Stack-n-Whack® to make an appliqué heart!
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Jan
14
Julie Hirota’s mosaic appliqué
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Yesterday I took a workshop with Julie Hirota, an amazing appliqué artist and author of Art Glass Quilts. The last time she came to our guild, she taught her art glass, or “subtractive appliqué” technique.
Now Julie’s in a mosaic phase, and today we learned how to go about creating these gorgeous art quilts. Here are some highlights from the day.
We all made up our own designs. Here’s my improvisational mosaic flower.
Janet was sitting next to me. Here’s her project in progress.
And here’s Janet herself. She shared fabric with me. What a good workshop neighbor.
Julie Hirota, with her beautiful Queen of Hearts mosaic quilt.
Julie’s website is www.jhiro.com. If you’re in the mood for some eye candy, be sure to visit. Her work doesn’t look quite like anybody else’s, and it’s stunning.
Julie’s also into handbags lately (you can see some of them peeking out from behind her on the table.) They’re available at Julie’s Etsy shop.
Thanks Julie! I had a great time!
Until next time,
Kay
Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs
Dec
24
Merry Christmas Eve!
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Here’s the cover quilt for A Merry Little Christmas to Appliqué. It’s a wee little quilt, at 18 x 20, perfect for putting up on a wee little wall space during the holiday season. This one is fused and machine appliquéd with a small blanket stitch. It’s called “A Right Jolly Old Elf.”
Note Dana’s plum pudding again… my favorite design from the book!
The jolly old elf always leaves fat quarters in my stocking. Can’t wait to see this year’s selection!
Until tomorrow,
Kay
Dec
22
Christmas chickens
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I already put this one up on the Quilt Puppy Show & Tell Center, so take a ride on over and see the funny story of Santa and the Christmas chickens.
Dec
13
You’ve never seen it all
Filed Under Borders, Embellishment, Fusible web, Machine appliqué, Raw edge, Threads | Leave a Comment
Mistress of machines Janet showed me a border she’d made for a round robin. I couldn’t believe it. Yet another edge treatment for fusible appliqué!
At first I thought Janet had used the machine embroidery technique that I’d seen on her pieces in the past. I asked her to describe how she’d done this beautiful stitching. Here’s what she told me.
Usually, when machine embroidering, Janet hoops the fabric. This time, since the oak leaves and acorns were fused onto the background fabric, there was enough stability so that she could skip the hoop. Instead of stitching back and forth a little at a time to simulate three strands of embroidery floss, Janet did a free-motion stitch traveling in one direction all the time, and went around each motif two or three times close to the edges. The veins on the leaves were done the same way. She used variegated Star cotton thread from Coats & Clark, which is one of her favorite threads for her machine work.
Here’s the project so far, with just the center and Janet’s fabulous appliquéd border. Janet told me I could put this picture up, but shh! don’t tell the person whose center that is, or we’ll get busted. 
Until next time,
Kay