Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Latest Forum Posts
Collapse
-
I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
-
I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
-
Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
-
Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
-
Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
-
I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
-
I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
-
Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
-
Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
-
Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
-
I did not use a stabilizer, nor a hoop. Just be cognizant of the tension of your stitches.
-
Video instructions for Dee's Combo Cushion: https://youtube.com/live/AnaKB12v4KY
These are the pieces you will... -
There is no need for stabilizer in my opinion. Alex told me using a hoop will be sufficient to keep the stitches flat. Think...
-
Hello Barbara, I haven't heard nor noticed a stabilizer mentioned in the instructions. I have done wool embroidery but...
-
Having trouble transferring drawing on logs. Any suggestions?
-
Half done
- Loading...
- No more items.
Trending Forum Posts
Collapse
-
Home from the Maine Quilts show where my Color my World quilt, rename ‘Home,’ received 3 ribbons. I’m overwhelmed...
-
Well, here it is, the end of 2022, and I finally have finished my 2021 BOM quilt! I apologize that the photo is not centered....
-
Hi There,
I hope you can help me. I know I'm very late in getting to this point but life is finally allowing... -
I'm quite behind on my BOM, but now have all the tall buildings of the outer ring done. I would like to add some house...
-
Hi all.. I am behind in my Color My World and just starting the skyscrapers... Does anyone have the finished size (with...
-
My quilt is finish
-
For anyone paper piecing, is your quarter inch a tiny bit larger? When I’m trimming up the finished building, I line...
-
I decided early to do paper piecing instead of the wax…I’m more comfortable . However, I have a few questions…anyone...
-
Will we have access to the Color My World videos after December 31st? I can't seem to find info on this.
-
I am BRAND NEW to the Quilt Show and fell in love with this pattern. I downloaded all of the instructions. My concern is......
-
I'm a new-ish star member and would like to download the "Color My World" pattern...but I can't find where to...
-
See how I quilted Color My World and the added surprise quilting in Wendy’s border:
https://bbquiltmaker.b... -
Hello - I know someone has solved this problem...I seem to remember a question arising when we put the inner circle together...
-
Cap'n John showed me a new feature--you can see all the photos posted on any particular topic--at once.
Open... -
I know Barbara has reminded us to download all files prior to the end of the year. I finished my downloads today and decided...
-
Please use this topic to share your FINISHED top or quilt here. This will make it easy to see all the great quilts everyone...
-
Sunday Sew and Sews met today. Pam R. came up with a brilliant way to make One World—she used striped fabric!...
- Loading...
- No more items.
Embellishments
Collapse
X
-
-
-
-
Filter
-
Administrative
new posts
-
Embellishments
I was fortunate enough to see the A-Z quilt at Houston. There are tons of embellishments in the borders...small buttons and decorative machine stitches. I was disappointed that the December instructions didn't include any information about this. Janet, will you share where you get your small buttons, and your thoughts on the decorative stitching? I have loved making this quilt. Thank you for your beautiful design! Also, thank you to Julie for sharing her thoughts on construction!Tags: None
- IP
-
The tiny buttons came from either Joann's or Hancock Fabrics, my 2 local big box fabric stores, but I'm sure they could be found online. They are just 1/4" plastic buttons. I used a few larger hand covered buttons on the stars on the border, but if your quilt is going to be a bed quilt, I would suggest regular plastic buttons. The decorative stitch was a stitch on my machine, which I added in the quilting process through all 3 layers. Use your imagination! I don't think you could go wrong!Back to Quilting!
- IP
Comment
-
speaking of embellishments...I've effed up my top border using some form of Lite EZ Steam II. This is not our old Light Steam a Seam 2, which I ran out of, it's the intermediate one that fuses like my cat to the underside of the bed when she smells the cat carrier. The quandary is, on the central star of the top border, I added too much bias stem under the star and there are big lumps that are so visible they are ugly. I'm out of the light blue border background and it doesn't seem to be available anywhere online.
My choices seem to be
1. Cover up the lumps with circles.
2. Start over with a different background fabric.
3. Piece together another top border. I have enough fabric to do this, but don't want seams in the top border. Would seams be less noticeable in the bottom border? I haven't started putting that one together yet.
I'm putting some pictures of the effed up part in an album on my profile, along with some circle ideas. The green ones on the edges of the stars are the only ones that would look remotely reasonable to me. Would a few of you please give some honest opinions? I can take it!
- IP
Comment
-
Susan, I don't think the circles look bad, but I would consider putting some heat to the stars, melting the fusible again, and pulling them off. Then you could trim your bias stem and redo the stars. Even if you had to recut them slightly larger to cover any fusible residue, that would look fine. Any color fabric would work for the stars, so you could use whatever you have, and wouldn't have to buy any new fabric. The old Steam-a-Seam lite 2 is back on the market again, so you should be able to find some. I bought several packages online at Create For Less. And I suggest a trail of cat treats from the edge of the bed to the carrier the next time you need kitty in the carrier!Back to Quilting!
- IP
Comment
-
Hi Susan, I actually can't see much problem in 2 of your photos, but I can see what you mean in the close-up of the star. Is the star fused to the background fabric? If not, could you cut out some of the background fabric and then either cut away the bias stems or add some batting to make a trapunto out of the star? Sounds like Janet has given you some good advice, though.
- IP
Comment
-
Thanks for your suggestions. Rita, too, who responded with a comment on a picture. OK, after coffee, now that the scam IRS caller is blocked on my phone :evil: , I'm going to see if I can get this fusible to release. I like the idea of trying to get them off and recutting the stars. The circles at the edges of the stars are ok, but they make the stem look more like a chain instead of a ribbon.
I knew you all would have great ideas!
- IP
Comment
-
Sue..I feel the pain !! Well...I don't have any thing to add to the great suggestions offered already.
An absolutely last resort before throwing the whole border might be to prepare a new star, slightly
larger, applique in place by hand...then cut way the offender from behind. You could top stitch after...
Hoping for the glue to release !! Waiting to see how it turns out !
- IP
Comment
-
Sue,
Actually, the same thing happened to me, only worse....I had already blanket stitched before I decided I didn't like it. I ended up making a small snip from the back and was able to pull it off the back of the star with a little heat. I then fixed the snip with a small piece of fusible although it probably wasn't necessary. Good luck.
- IP
Comment
-
I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
-
I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
-
Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
-
Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
-
Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
-
I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
-
I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
-
Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
-
Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
-
Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
-
I did not use a stabilizer, nor a hoop. Just be cognizant of the tension of your stitches.
- Loading...
- No more items.
What's Going On
Collapse
There are currently 2107 users online. 238 members and 1869 guests.
Most users ever online was 20,162 at 02:06 PM on 02-20-2024.
Forum Stats
Collapse
Topics: 8,226
Posts: 155,172
Members: 25583
Active Members: 1,288
Welcome to our newest member, [email protected].
Latest Topics
Collapse
Trending
Collapse
There are no results that meet this criteria.
Working...
X
Comment