Everyone loves a cute turtle. How about six adorable quilted turtles with sweet little embellishments that make your heart melt! This fun wall hanging is great for beginner quilters or a perfect place to get youth started in quilting. Those experienced quilters need not shy away, as the creativity to…
Adding stems and leaves I’m really enjoying using these three fabric lines from Northcott to make my sunflower art quilt. The Toscana, Artisan Spirit Shimmer and Artisan Spirit Sandscapes look AMAZING together!! Now that the background is assembled we need stems and leaves so that the sunflowers aren’t just floating…
Assembling my fusible applique sunflowers I spent last evening tracing, fusing and cutting out petals from my Northcott fabrics and I now have a total of 90. Hopefully, this will be enough, but if needed I can always make more!! Today I’m going to show you some great reasons to…
Dabbling in art quilting I love looking through magazines and going to quilt shows to see new and innovative quilting designs and lately I’ve been drawn more and more to art quilts. The techniques used can be so different and the results just amazing! I’ve tried some surface design using…
Last fall, we presented a step-by-step guide to fusible applique and highlighted four edge-finishing techniques including an invisible zigzag stitch, blanket stitch, satin stitch, and tulle with a couched cord. The sample block we used is called Crazy Daisy and it has a rather unique setting. It looks like it…