Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
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Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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I did not use a stabilizer, nor a hoop. Just be cognizant of the tension of your stitches.
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Nancy, that's a stunning quilt. Love red, black and white together! To me, is a very elegant combination. Most definitely waiting for the right black would make you happier in the long run. Besides, is not like you have nothing else to work on :wink: . So looking forward to see the finished piece.
(Which I did think about doing because I'm completely addicted to fabric!!ops: )
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Originally posted by loise98Nancy, "I did leave the paper in place until they were all sewn together. It's a pain, but it does control the bias edges."
I will have to be very, very careful when I stitch this. At least the fabric is well starched and that should help. Now I am getting nervous.
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Nancy, your top looks great! Do wait for that perfect border fabric.
Lois, don't worry about those bias edges. It's actually easier to ease blocks together on the bias than those on the straight grain. I've made several quilts using the square-in-a-square method where all of the outside edges are on the bias and they turned out fine, and my Week 3 blocks were on the bias.
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Originally posted by PosyPOriginally posted by ReetzbobeetzRosemary, I have been doing the Cindy Needham course over on Craftsy.com and she says that you should SID 'ESS' (every stinkin' seam)! That centre block will be fun. :shock:
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Rosemary, your quilt within a quilt design is awesome! Can't wait to see it with all its borders and quilted.
Nancy, great layout!
Everyone's projects are turning out so great. It looks like it was a fun class. I haven't done any of the other online classes like Craftsy. Sounds like they are worth checking into. I loved CIndy Needham when she was on TQS. She does awesome work.
Lorna
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Rosemary I can see how that would work. Once you have SID'd a block then you could go in and do the fun stuff rather than try to do the whole SID in one go. I will definitely SID ESS on my sampler quilt - my problem is trying to figure out what to do with the rest of it. I think it will end up with a feather border as it seems to be saying that to me. I feel a great need to get some stencils now as my complete collection (4) is a little lacking!
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I had already gone crazy on the stencils last year after taking Karen McTavish's wholecloth class. Then I went crazy again earlier this month after watching Cindy Needham and then noticing that we could get 20% off our entire purchase from The Stencil Company through the SewCalGal FMQ project. And now I just ordered some more today because I can't decide on the last border for my angel wholecloth. I'm still well shy of Cindy Needham, but I'm gaining ground as quickly as possible!!
Nancy
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Don't actually have any stencils myself, but I do have 4 books from Lilian Hedley, with traditional North Country quilting templates, I got the latest one at the GNQS and it contains patterns for Borders & Strippys - there are some great patterns in it that I fancy trying. I also got a Follow the Line Quilting Designs, vol 3, by Mary M Covey, at the show which looks interesting too. So far, I have made up my own templates (all 4 of them 8) ) using cut paper/sandpaper, or in the case of Too loud/Dogrose cardboard, and it has worked out ot so far.
I do know a way of making your own stencils that is quite easy, I used 2 pieces of iron on interfacing (preferably a heavy one) and a piece of net/tulle. Cut the interfacing so that it makes a frame in both pieces, lay one piece adhesive side up, place on the net, and pin it around the outside edge so that it is just taut, place the other piece of interfacing adhesive side down exactly over the first piece & iron it together. Then using a sharpie, trace the design onto the net. To use: place over what you want to mark and draw along the lines with your prefered marking pen/pencil - you will get a row of dots to follow for stitching. Just as I was typing this I realised that instead of using iron on interfacing you could use freezer paper instead, but I would still recommend that you sandwich the net to keep it firm.
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Rosemary, What a great idea to use interfacing and net to make a frame for a stencil! I like this idea because you could easily pin it to the quilt to hold it in place while you mark. I also think it would be so much easier to judge placement because its easier to see through nylon net than the opaque plastic stencil. Thanks alot for that one.
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Don Linn does the same thing, except that he uses an embroidery hoop instead of the interfacing/freezer paper frame. Easier to make taut, but limits the size of the design. You can also trace the pattern on freezer paper and iron to your quilt, then quilt through the paper and remove the paper when finished. The freezer paper is a little hard to remove, but this worked well for me when using a small, complex design that I printed directly onto the freezer paper from my computer. Or trace it on regular paper and sew along the line using no thread and a thick needle then use a pounce pad to transfer the design to your quilt. Or trace it on the rolls of thin tracing paper (like Golden Threads paper) and pin or spray baste, quilt and then remove. I've heard that Glad Press-n-Seal also works well and is see-through and I've heard of using water-soluable stabilizer. There are many methods of transfering a quilting design to your quilt! (Just like any other part of quilting!) It's good to hear about as many as you can so you can try some and see which works for you.
Nancy
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Originally posted by ReetzbobeetzThanks for that Rosemary, I will have to give it a try. I was just looking at a stencil cutter online. Has anybody ever used one of those? I guess you would use template plastic, draw the design onto the plastic with a sharpie and then cut it out. But what would I know? :roll:
Nancy
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Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
or not. If... -
Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
with the blanket... -
I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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