Month Three (March) Ruffled Roses

[Margo C.]

Love your changes, Janice!

[Constance G.]

Janice, I just love your quilt! You've taken the Beloved Beauties fabrics and given them your own special look...awesome!

[Constance G.]

I like the purple also. One more varitation to try is to use the green from the center of the flowers as the piping instead of the pink flower color.

Your work is beautiful! I am enjoying watching everyone's projects come to life.

This is what I was about to suggest trying as well,the lime green with the lavander would really pop - if you want it popped :wink:

Rosemary

[Dawn S.]

I like the purple also. One more varitation to try is to use the green from the center of the flowers as the piping instead of the pink flower color.

Your work is beautiful! I am enjoying watching everyone's projects come to life.

This is what I was about to suggest trying as well,the lime green with the lavander would really pop - if you want it popped :wink:

Rosemary

Actually, I'm trying everything right now, because I don't have enough of my magenta to do BOTH the secondery petals for the flowers, AND the piping! :cry: I actually SEWED one real piping onto a bottom swag yesterday, and found the piece distorted and no longer was the same shape as the top piece. So, I'm going to have my work cut out for me figuring out how I can do can do piping, and do it well. I have made so many test swags, but this is the only way to find out what really looks best. There's something to be said about buying a kit! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

[Margo C.]

I actually SEWED one real piping onto a bottom swag yesterday, and found the piece distorted and no longer was the same shape as the top piece. So, I'm going to have my work cut out for me figuring out how I can do can do piping, and do it well. I have made so many test swags, but this is the only way to find out what really looks best. There's something to be said about buying a kit! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

Dawn, the distortion is why I used glue to attach the piping to the top swag and glue to place the top swag on the bottom swag before stitching them together. It was like regular applique with a ditch to guide my stitching! :lol:

Leaving some excess fabric around the top of the bottom swag helps to stabilize that seam, then the bulk can be trimmed away.

[Dawn S.]

I actually SEWED one real piping onto a bottom swag yesterday, and found the piece distorted and no longer was the same shape as the top piece. So, I'm going to have my work cut out for me figuring out how I can do can do piping, and do it well. I have made so many test swags, but this is the only way to find out what really looks best. There's something to be said about buying a kit! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

Dawn, the distortion is why I used glue to attach the piping to the top swag and glue to place the top swag on the bottom swag before stitching them together. It was like regular applique with a ditch to guide my stitching! :lol:

Leaving some excess fabric around the top of the bottom swag helps to stabilize that seam, then the bulk can be trimmed away.

Margo, If I am understanding you correctly, that is exactly what I did with my second one. I have the piping glued to the bottom of the top swag, and the bottom swag is glued to that. The bottom swag snuggles right up next to the sew line of the piping. Question: I am hand appliqueing. Do I need to machine stitch the piping to the top swag at this point (stitches would be visible), or can I attach it at the same time I applique the bottom swag to the glued only top swag/piping unit? Kind of like a stab/stick applique method? (Forgot - Mine is all on Stable Stuff!)

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

[Margo C.]

Stable Stuff will obviously make more layers to go through, but you can certainly try it! If it's too much, maybe you could just do this seam by machine?? If you use some kind of monofiliment it will be practically invisible!

[Margo C.]

Just finished Month Three. You can see it on Show and Tell. Now I have to sew some handbag to recover. :lol:
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[Kathryn S.]

Satu, that's beautiful! I love the way the roses look. Month three looks like it will take quite a while, I'm still on Month 2. Kathy

[Constance G.]

Satu, I love the wonderful blend of colors in your quilt. It looks great!

[Margo C.]

I realize that a lot of you have already finished your appliquéd swags, but I just saw Sue Garman's blogspot where she explains a great technique for positioning swags on a border! Check it out here: http://suegarman.blogspot.com/2011/0...ufos-whee.html

[Pam D.]

Thank you Margo, that is brillian! There are some benefits to being behind everyone else :-)

[Constance G.]

Margo, thanks for the post about Sue's swag technique. She really is a a whiz!

[Kathryn S.]

Oh good, I've just started working on the swags, so the positioning tip is timely. I was attempting to use Susan Cleveland's method of sewing on the piping, however..... my first one was ok, the second one was way off! So I took it apart, and am now gluing the lighter half of the swag to Stable Stuff, to keep the shape good. I'll still hand stitch them on to the background. I counted, there are 16 swags, and 24 roses, plus 4 of the corner hearts. I will be busy for longer than a month, I think .
Kathy

[Margo C.]

Oh good, I've just started working on the swags, so the positioning tip is timely. I was attempting to use Susan Cleveland's method of sewing on the piping, however..... my first one was ok, the second one was way off! So I took it apart, and am now gluing the lighter half of the swag to Stable Stuff, to keep the shape good. I'll still hand stitch them on to the background. I counted, there are 16 swags, and 24 roses, plus 4 of the corner hearts. I will be busy for longer than a month, I think .
Kathy

Kathy, that's exactly why I glued mine!! :lol: