Remember this Big Hexy Flower?
Remember this Big Hexy Flower?
A look back at 2020...
January 2020
I needed a fresh start for 2020.
My sewing area went from this:
to this:
February 2020
Calving Season begins @ the Kessi Ranch
Playing with Rayon Threads
March 2020
The Turkey Vultures are BACK
Calving Season....continues:
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
This week I've been hand quilting my Neptune and the Mermaid quilt. I usually use a hera marker to mark my quilting lines, but this time I've used a blue washout pen because it was hard to see the marked lines on the highly patterned fabrics.
I always use a hoop when I hand quilt, but I must have taken it off before I took the photo above. Here it is on another section of the quilt.
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Aurifil 12wt is my favourite thread for hand quilting |
I like to experiment with my quilting, so I'm going to ...
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Remember these JUMBO fabric flowers ?
My Glitter quilt is finished! And it won a prize in our guild's exhibition.
In the evenings I have been doing
some hand stitching...
On Mondays I spend the day with the
Harlan Valley Quilters
@ the Quilt Palace
I am making progress on the
Horse Quilt Panel
The English Paper Piecing continues
on this Horse Quilt Panel...
Our power has been out for several days so...
I have been english paper piecing
the borders on this horse panel quilt...
The deer have begun to come in the yard at night
and munch away on the petunias and hollyhocks.
Now that the power has ...
read moreI'm so excited! I now have a copy of Millefiori Quilts 4 by Willyne Hammerstein.
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My Ballet with Kaffe quilt waiting to be hand quilted |
Many people have asked me how I got the centre tight on the 8 pointed stars in my first video. So, I've made a third video explaining how I did it. This video also includes more demonstrations of me stitching, and the tailors' knot.
Well, I never expected that my video on hand piecing would be so popular! Thank you for all the positive feedback on my last post and my Hand Piecing 101 video.
I thought that most hand piecers purchased acrylic templates, but there clearly are a lot of people who make their own templates, and many of you wanted tips on how to make accurate templates.
So, my next video, Hand Piecing 102, is all about how to make your own hand piecing templates from template plastic.
You can watch it here:
Guess what! I made a video.
Last month I showed you the blocks that I started in my hand piecing class at Symposium. Well, here they all are, finished. I used some really fun fabrics called Neptune and the Mermaid, designed by Tokyo Milk for Free Spirit Fabrics. I've added in some Tula Pink fabrics because they work so well with the Tokyo Milk fabrics.