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Hugs ‘n Kisses Glue Stick Appliqué
Hello everyone! Back safe and sound from SoCal. I’m excited… this post has been cooking for over a year now! I met Australian quilter and stitcher extraordinaire Helen Stubbings at Market a couple of...
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Linda’s back-basting tutorial
Linda Franz is one of my most revered associates in the quilting world. When I first stuck a toe into publishing, I saw that she had produced the fabulous Quilted Diamonds on her own, and I contacted...
View ArticleWinner, and Penny’s repair
The winner of Nature’s Beauty in Appliqué is Helen Lebrett! Congratulations! Helen, be sure to reply to my email so that I can get your prize sent out to you. I subscribe to the Checker News Blog....
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Great hand appliqué tip
There’s a fabulous hand-appliqué tip from Martingale author Cynthia Tomaszewski on their blog, Stitch This! Go see What to do when your appliqué fabric frays. This one’s going straight into my bag of...
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Volume 11 winner, and let’s talk about reverse appliqué!
The blog tourist who came up the winner of a copy of 100 Blocks Volume 11 is… Julie in WA! Congratulations to Julie, who reports that she enjoys every minute of the blog hop and is always sad when it...
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Swapping out the background
Have you ever finished an appliqué block and then had second thoughts about the background fabric you chose? Maybe It doesn’t look the way you thought it would. Or the appliqués end up blending into...
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Scroll Heart tutorial
Back when the spring issue of 100 Blocks came out, I promised that I would post a tutorial of the way that I made my block, Scroll Heart. The magazine published instructions for fusible appliqué, but I...
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New year, new pattern!
A very happy new year to you! Hope you’re warm and safe, wherever you may be. I finished a new pattern! Four appliqué Rose Wreath blocks, set on point, framed and sashed with the gorgeous prints of...
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Cluck & Co.
I’ve been enjoying the ‘black and white and red all over’ color scheme a lot lately. It’s the first thing I thought of when I started developing my new chicken pattern. You may think of white chickens,...
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Elegant Vine Appliqué
Over on the Martingale blog Stitch This!, they’ve put up a video showing how master appliquér Yoko Saito stitches the most narrow little stems and vines. The technique is not new, but what astonished...
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