mini quilt

My Studio Bird mini quilt is almost ready to grace a wall in my newly-organized sewing space. Yesterday, we used 3 hand embroidery styles to add embellishments using WonderFil’s Dazzle thread. Today, we’re going to complete the quilt by binding it and labeling it. But first, we have to press and trim our work. I …

Yesterday, we got cracking with appliqueing the flower pot and the English Paper Pieced (EPP) flowers onto the Studio Bird mini quilt. Today, let’s decide where the little wool felt bird will go, and use different hand embroidery styles to add embellishments using WonderFil’s Dazzle thread. Once you’ve decided where the …

Yesterday, we created a sturdy quilt sandwich for a hand appliqued mini quilt that I’m calling Studio Bird, and that will be embellished with WonderFil threads designed especially for hand embroidery and stitching. Today, we’re going to start working on the hand-stitched mini quilt. Have you selected your favorite bits …

Yesterday, we took a look at the range of Wonderfil threads I’ll be using this week to create a little mini scrappy quilt to eventually hang in my re-organized studio space. Studio Bird mini quilt uses leftover bits and pieces from other projects, and will be mostly worked by hand. …

During a recent re-organization of my sewing studio, I found a number of things I considered too special to throw away. The box contained orphan blocks, the one or two English Paper Pieced (EPP) elements that didn’t quite work, and many other things saved for “someday”. I found my box …