Ready for Take-Off!

I'm starting a new quilt. You would think I could finish one of my other quilts first, but NOOOO, I have to keep creating.

It started because I want to do a demonstration to my quilt guild on a reverse applique' technique using freezer paper. It is an easy way to set in circles. It's the method I used in my Meadow Quilt.

I was thinking that this same technique should work with different shapes. So I thought I would give it a try.

 I decided to try it with a plane. seems to work well.

 Now all I have to do it remove the freezer paper and top stitch it down to the orange fabric.

I think this will look really cool with this Alison Glass fabric.

Sew, needless to say, I started a new quilt. I guess I'm ready for take-off.


Today I'm linking up with Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times

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Pat

A Modern Scottish Design Wall Monday

I'm making pretty good progress on my Modern Scottish Baby quilt. It's going together fairly quickly and easily.

The top is done, except for some fine trimming around the reverse applique'

I like how the Thistle "tattoo" turned out. The fleece will be really tactile for baby.

I still want to trim out more of the fleece. I don't want the dark grey to show through on the front.

Now I just need to play around with some straight line quilting to make the yellow check more plaid-like.

Today I'm linking up with Red Delicious Life for Anything Goes Monday and Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday.

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

WIPped Into Shape

Sometimes I have epic fails, that was what I had this week. Okay, maybe that's just a tad dramatic, I just basically screwed up.

I decided to "try" and finish my casserole carrier this week. I needed to trim up the pieces and bind them. The problem is that they have 90 degree inside corners that make up the handles. Silly me thought I could do them just like an outside corner. That would be NO!

Clip the corners, just shy of the 1/4" seam

Pull the corner straight as you stitch on the binding

I didn't have time to fiddle with this to get it to lie flat, but I think it will.

I would love to think I could finish this up soon. I have several project swimming in my head and I don't want to start them until I have some of my current WIP under control.

It must be my week to work on new skills. I started a block for my guild's cancer quilt that has reverse applique'. 

Reverse applique' is definitely a new skill I will use again.


Here are this week's stats:
In-process: (5)
Express Your Love
Humphrey's New Bed
Casserole Carrier
Mod Ovals Quilt
Pantone Quilt 2014
 
New projects: (1) 
IMQG Guild Block (reverse applique')



Finished (0)

I'm linking up with  Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

 

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Pat

Reverse Applique'

I've seen several examples online and locally of reverse applique'. I've always wanted to try it, so when my guild set out to construct a quilt to be donated to benefit The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, I decided this was the time to try it out - small scale.

Since the quilt is going to be raffled off at a special benefit show at the Hangar Theatre, I thought it may be appropriate to use theater masks in the block.

 The reverse applique' was really quite easy. I traced my image on to the red fabric, then put the grey fabric under it and stitched the pattern. Then very carefully it cut away the top (red) fabric (seriously the most stressful part of the block). Presto!

Cancer leads to so many emotions, fluctuating between hope and despair. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this quilt comes together.  Check out IMQG's blog for more of the blocks.

I'm linking up today to Anything Goes Monday being hosted at Val's Quilting Studio.

 

Color Me Quilty

Pat