I hope you’ve had a chance to explore modern machine quilting from yesterday’s post. If you’re finished, on to the binding! For the binding, I chose an amazing bright yellow-green from Banyan Batiks Floral Boxes. I absolutely love it! To make the binding, cut 3 strips at 2½” wide x…
Congratulate yourself! Yesterday you did a lot of work! Applique can take time but the effect is wonderful. The quality of your applique is bound to be beautiful when using Banyan Batiks Floral Boxes. Today we add some quilting to the background and prepare the ‘quiltlet’ for binding and hanging…
Yesterday we prepared our applique pieces with Banyan Batiks Floral Boxes. Today we applique! The first step is to prepare a piece of backing fabric at 26″ square. The design is for a 24″ square ‘quiltlet’. Next, add a 26″ square of cotton batting. Finally add your background fabric, also…
Yesterday, we looked at the colorways that make up the NEW and vibrant Banyan Batiks Floral Boxes collection. I also gave you the list of fabric requirements for the May Flowers wallhanging. Now that we have picked our colorway, onto making the May flowers! I often use fusible applique and…
Bring on those lovely May flowers by stitching up this fabulous floral wallhanging using the NEW Banyan Batiks Floral Boxes! I created this new design for you! This simple pattern will show you how to make fusible applique circles and other simple shapes and finish them with decorative stitches. In…