Yesterday I showed you the quilting on my Bedazzled quilt: I hope the following schematics will decode the mystery for you, as if there was any mystery to being with, haha! Ste 1: You would first start with flower #1 Step2: Upon completing flower #1, you would do some swirlies. Look for a good spot [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Thread Talk from my Sewing Machine #25
Posted in Quilting, tagged Free-motion quilting, Quilting Motif Schematics on September 30, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Bedazzled in FABRIC TRENDS (Fall 2011)
Posted in Quilt kit, Quilt Pattern, Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Published, Quilts: Pieced, tagged Fabric Trends Fall 2011, Pieced Quilt, RJR Desired Things, Robyn Pandolph, Wendy Sheppard Designs on September 29, 2011 | 18 Comments »
Yeap, quite a few hands I see when I asked for Robyn Pandolph fans out there! She is definitely no stranger to quilters and home decorators who love shabby chic, flowers and romance! I just think her Desired Things collection (which has a total of 35 different fabrics) is one of her best collections yet. [...]
Birds and Bees: Sneak Peek #1
Posted in Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Upcoming, tagged RJR Garden Frolic on September 28, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Hello Friends! I am happy I get to play with RJR‘s Garden Frolic fabrics again for a second quilt: I am also happy because the sun came out today… you may recall my mentioning of not seeing the sun at my little corner of the world for more than 1 1/2 weeks a few posts [...]
Jane Ellen Smocking: almost there!
Posted in Children's Fashion, Smocking/Heirloom sewing, tagged Jane Ellen Smocking Plate, Smocking on September 27, 2011 | 19 Comments »
I stitched the last geometric stitch on Jane Ellen over the weekend. I am just so super pleased with the variegated thread effect that I have to show you. I do apologize for the crude picture… but you now get to see what a smocked dress looks like in the “ugly duckling” stage. Oh, please [...]
Autumn Place Mats in QUILTER’S WORLD (October 2011)
Posted in Quilt Pattern, Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Published, Quilts: Pieced & Applique, tagged Aurifil, Benartex, Henry Glass, Hobbs Batting, Holiday Placemats, Pumpkin Placemat, Quilter's World October 2011, Quilting, Snowflake Placemat, Wendy Sheppard Design on September 26, 2011 | 27 Comments »
What do you think of my autumn place mats featured in the October 2011 issue of Quilter’s World? If you like to use half-square triangles in your quilts, you would probably like the twist in lengthening two sides of the squares in making the pieced half-rectangle-triangle units used for this place mat project. These units [...]







