Quilts and Art Quilts
Working With Radiance-Stabilizing
I love working with Radiance fabric, a blend of silk and cotton. It can elevate the look of your work to new levels. I adore its rich sheen and luminescence. But, it’s a bit tricky to work with. I’ve experimented with a couple of products to stabilize Radiance. I’ve included photos of each combination but unfortunately some…
Read MoreFlutter Tutorial-Round 2
I’ll continue showing the Flutter Motif in this tutorial, but first I want to show it done two ways.Here I have stitched it with Feathers, Bananas and Lazy S’s. I used Radiance fabric, wool batting and Superior 100 wt. Kimono thread on both of the samples.Here it is stitched with just Bananas and Lazy S’s.…
Read MoreFlutter!
Several of you have asked how to quilt the Flutter Motif and I promised to post a tutorial on how best to quilt it. I love this motif! This is my first attempt to put on “paper” how to do a motif like this. Let me know if you have questions or if my directions are not clear.…
Read MoreCrying In My Beer
I missed a deadline, an important one. For the stupidest reason-I had the wrong date! It’s almost amusing how I could do this. I was trying to finish my Lily quilt for submittal to the Houston International Quilt Festival jury pool. Somehow I had the date as June 8th, but it was really May 31st.…
Read MoreMarking, A Cool Tool and Jazz
Marking is fraught with peril, it just is. Marks don’t always come out and marking removes some of the spontaneity of free motion-you have to hit a line instead of going free form-it’s just not my favorite thing to do! But sometimes ya gotta do it. I designed my Lily quilt to include an area of…
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