Finishing up my Caran d’Ache Neocolor 2 Water Soluble Wax Pastels Tulip To paint my tulip, I traced the photo onto PFD (prepared for dying) white cotton fabric and then used the wax pastels to shade in the different colors. Once finished, I used a paintbrush to paint water onto…
Time to finish some UFOs Like many other quilters, I’ve a “few” unfinished objects (UFOs) kicking around my quilting studio. Some are big projects and some are small, and some will never be finished! But, the ones I really wanted to work on were the samples that I made in…
Start your engines – or, in our case, “Thread your machines” Now that our quilt top is assembled and our quilt sandwich is layered, it’s finally time to start quilting and embellishing the Christmas tree quilt. The first thing we need to do is thread our machines with the Spotlite…
Our applique shapes are all secured and look awesome with the Dazzle threads couched along the edge. I’ve never used this technique before but now that I see how easy and effective it is, I think I’ll be using it again in the near future!! So now we just need…
Now that we have our table runners all quilted, it’s time to prepare our applique shapes so that we can try out our new couching skills!! First thing we need to do is trace the leaf shape below onto the paper side of your fusible web three times. Leave about…