Love Entwined 2 is Launched
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 Available in 2 sizes: 56 x 56 inches or  80 x 80 inches Sometimes a quilt comes along and demands all your attention. The Love Entwined 1790 Marriage Coverlet is one of those quilts. As soon as I'd released it, there was a demand for a simplified version of the quilt. But how could I simplify such an epic quilt? Each block is so meaningful and each motif so evocative in its own right.  Eventually I decided to make a version of Love Entwined that was essentially the same quilt, using the exact same designs. I made it bigger and focused on the immediate eye catching centr ..read more
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Shelly on Flash Sale! $4.80 for 48 hours!
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4y ago
Shelly is a clamshell quilt pattern perfect for stash busting your favourite fabric scraps. Isn't she gorgeous? I love clamshells - they're so easy to pick up and put down whenener the time or mood suits. Shelly is a clamshell quilt with a twist: the central block consists of four clamshell stacks that meet in the centre with a foliage motif. Between the stacks, you have the option of slotting in some contrast fabrics to create a visible central crossing element and the border repeats the clamshell appeal with more foliage motifs to tie it all together. I love making clamshells—they’re ..read more
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Free Creativity Care Package!
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4y ago
Who's in the mood for a free creativity care package?  Craftsy (now called Blueprint) are offering over 1,300 creative education classes ranging from sewing, cooking, family crafts, and more! Yes, it's 14 days of FREE classes.  Seriously, it's not like I don't already have hundreds of projects on the go.. but you know what? Sometimes you just need to start something new. Or perhaps I'll just 'investigate' what my next project will be.. and I know I'm not the only one who loves doing this. Don't worry, there are no memberships or credit cards involved, you simply need to register for ac ..read more
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Hope: Working on the Border Blocks
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4y ago
I must have a short memory. The last time I worked with linen I had to work extra carefully to stop stretching and warping of the fabric fibres.. and totally forgot about all the hassle. Well, now I'm repeating myself! I love my Hope background in this rough linen but am having to work with extra diligence to make sure my seams and fibres stay nice and straight. I do this with spray starch and double checking every single piece before and after I sew it in. Phew. With the strips sewn in and correct (yes, even I have to double check everything against the pattern sheet), it's time to create the ..read more
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Hope: Making Stems With A Bias Tape Maker
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4y ago
This is my favourite way to make vines and stems for applique foliage and flowers. When considering a pattern, I think about whether an embroidery stitch, tracing from pattern or bias stem would work best. Sometimes, especially when creating traditional or historic style quilts, imperfect stems look best. The size variations might exist to give a pattern a 'hand drawn' or naive look. In those cases, I simply trace the vines or stems from the pattern sheet like every other applique shape and work from there.  However, most of the time I turn to my trusty bias tape makers to those lines ..read more
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Flash Sale: On My Window Flowers Bloom
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4y ago
'On My Window, Flowers Bloom' Finished size:  38 x 48 inches 'On my Window, Flowers Bloom' says it all. I love this design. I love the flowers and all the fun to be had during fabric selection. Will you go sophisticated with a naturalistic pallette or bright and bold? And what about that sky peeking through? Will it be daytime? Night time? Starry or snowy? I couldn't decide. I kept going back and forth. In the end I played around with two main ideas; the top one is just lovely and I can already see it shining on my wall. The one below is made up from my Fassett stash - because it's about t ..read more
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Hope: The Blooming Dahlia Block
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4y ago
Today I'm making the Blooming Dahlia Block. If you're making Hope month by month, this block is created in Part 8. I'm making my quilt parts 'out of turn', according to my fabric usage - I have a limited amount of Japanese Woven fabrics that I am balancing out between the blocks.  Like always, I'm using fusible to create my turn edge applique. For newcomers, you can read detailed tutorials on this technique right here on my blog by clicking here now or the Guide To Applique button on the page header.  I number all my shapes to help me arrange them when it's time to layer. I even number my ..read more
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Creating Turn Edge Applique on Curves
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4y ago
Consider this simple flower shape. When creating applique pieces, there's a huge advantage to using a fusible that doesn't need to be washed away. The fusible is the white you see. The fusible has been cut as per the pattern sheet - that is, it's the true actual size of the applique piece. It's ironed onto the fabric and then the fabric is cut around the fusible shape with a quarter inch seam allowance. It's this allowance that provides us with the lovely edge we want in our pieces.  When I talk about fusible, I'm pretty much always referring to Floriani Stitch N Wash Fusible. This is my pre ..read more
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Hope: Centre Progress
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4y ago
In the last few years I've really embraced bows in my applique and I have to tell you, I'm still not over this design motif. I'm definitely in a bow mood, I think they're gorgeous. In Hope, I restrained my bows- they're neat and sweet.. but I can still definitely see a hint of Love Always flourish in them.. what do you think? Here are my flower heads, I'm happy with how the Japanese woven fabrics look on the linen, it's a subtle almost aged look that agrees with me. Originally I had decided on a different colourscheme - much lighter and brighter, but as always, the fabrics changed the mood an ..read more
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Hope: Flower Heads Applique
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4y ago
 Here are the step by step images of how I put my flower head applique together:  As usual, I'm using fusible which means I don't need to remove the papers when the shape is complete.   I layer the pieces, using small dots of Roxanne Glue to keep everything in place as I work.  And that's my finished flower head All lined up and ready for putting together on the centre. Hope is a gorgeous blooming applique design, perfect for beginners. You can start this quilt anytime as a BOM or purchase the pattern outright. Simply click the image to learn more ..read more
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