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Sep
21
A teatime vignette
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Jean Post, one of my appliqué friends here in Santa Cruz, made this delightful scene using elements from Teapots to Appliqué. I call it “Afternoon at the Cabin,” because to me it looks like a lazy afternoon at a cabin by a lake, at just about teatime. The log cabin quilt on the wall is [...]
Jul
28
Thoughts on appliqué methods
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Sometimes I make sample blocks of my designs for quilt shops to display. When I make these samples, I’m torn over what method of appliqué to use. I don’t want quilters to think they must appliqué my designs by hand, nor do I want dedicated hand appliquérs to be dissuaded at the sight of fusible [...]
Jun
19
Sunday Tea
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Last year, I was contacted by a shop owner needing an emergency supply of Teapots to Appliqué. Since the books weren’t immediately available from the distributor, she emailed asking if I could ship some in time for an event they were having that weekend.
It turned to be very easy to accomplish, since the shop, [...]
May
15
Tea Time For Good Friends
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Over the weekend I finally had the pleasure of seeing a quilt that I had been anticipating for a long time.
Denise Martin, a member of my guild and also of the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association, had been keeping me posted on a Round Robin project that she was participating in. Denise had used [...]
Apr
17
Vivian Slater of Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada wrote to say that when her mother requested a little wallhanging for the entrance to her apartment in a senior’s complex, Vivian took the opportunity to try a few different things that were new to her.
And so it was that invisible machine appliqué, Ricky Tims’ Caveman Quilting, [...]
Apr
12
A cheery cherry teapot
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Recently, when Sonia Silvania needed a quick gift for a friend, she picked her favorite design from Teapots to Appliqué and made a darling potholder.
“People my age already have everything they need,” says Sonia, “so I like to give things that I make myself.”
I agree! Here’s Sonia’s cheery cherry teapot, machine-appliquéd with a zigzag [...]