This blog is dedicated to applique. Glorious applique!!! The focus here will be hand applique, but there is room for machine applique too. Kim McLean is the designer whose patterns and quilts we will be working on together. Are you ready?! Let's SEW!!!
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Flower Garden
Since LollyPops is finished I started Flower Garden. I have 11 blocks prepped and ready to stitch,
I really like the clover background and have decided to just let the top and bottom borders go in a different direction. With all the applique I doubt anyone will even notice it.
Thanks everyone for all the nice comments. Sheila, For this quilt I am using the freezer paper and starch method because the pieces are so large. It is very quick. Nancy
Well done Nancy! Do love your flower blocks, great colours. Good idea with the borders, they are very busy borders, people are going to notice your appliqué rather than the direction of the clovers! Kim McL
Floral Design or floral arts is the art of creating flower arrangements in vases, bowls, baskets or other containers, or making bouquets and compositions from cut flowers, foliages, herbs, ornamental grasses and other plant materials. http://www.freshflowerscanada.ca/
I'm just starting to work on the Flower Garden quilt and find myself very challenged when it comes to selecting Kaffe fabrics. I'm a seasoned hand and machine Appliquer and fabric selection, to. E, is the best part. Could be I'm having trouble shaking off my traditional roots. Does anyone have some guidelines I could follow? Something more than sorting the fabric be color and "going for it" (tried that)' also tried sorting fabric by scale...that helped a bit more. I'm wondering if making templates out of plastic would help to see where to cut a shape for maximum impact. Any help, suggestions would be appreciated.
I usually start with the biggest piece and look for a fabric for that one first. Sometimes the fabric with a lot of things on it is useful, move your templates around to find the best spot. One of my favourite fabric is the one with big roses in pinks and yellow, you can use parts of the floral and leaves. The other one is the fabric with shells - it has lots of things for birds & animal parts. Treat the fabric as a source of components for the applique shapes. Once you have the fabric for the big bit,the smaller pieces will fall into place. May be if you don't overthink it, and just dive into it? The first 2 blocks are the hardest for me. I wish I could show you in person! Kim McL
Great work:)
ReplyDeletegosh you are quick, the blocks look lovely, what method of applique are you using?
ReplyDeletelove them!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous blocks--and you are so quick with them!
ReplyDeleteQuick and beautiful. It is going to look fantastick.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for all the nice comments.
ReplyDeleteSheila, For this quilt I am using the freezer paper and starch method because the pieces are so large. It is very quick.
Nancy
Love your flowers. This may have to be my next project.
ReplyDeletethey are really nice, I can't wait to continue mine, but first I'am taking classes :)
ReplyDeleteYour flowers look like they're dancing. Such pretty fabric choices too! :)
ReplyDeleteThe blocks are fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteWell done Nancy! Do love your flower blocks, great colours. Good idea with the borders, they are very busy borders, people are going to notice your appliqué rather than the direction of the clovers!
ReplyDeleteKim McL
Floral Design or floral arts is the art of creating flower arrangements in vases, bowls, baskets or other containers, or making bouquets and compositions from cut flowers, foliages, herbs, ornamental grasses and other plant materials.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.freshflowerscanada.ca/
I'm just starting to work on the Flower Garden quilt and find myself very challenged when it comes to selecting Kaffe fabrics. I'm a seasoned hand and machine Appliquer and fabric selection, to. E, is the best part. Could be I'm having trouble shaking off my traditional roots. Does anyone have some guidelines I could follow? Something more than sorting the fabric be color and "going for it" (tried that)' also tried sorting fabric by scale...that helped a bit more. I'm wondering if making templates out of plastic would help to see where to cut a shape for maximum impact. Any help, suggestions would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteSharyn in NC
I usually start with the biggest piece and look for a fabric for that one first. Sometimes the fabric with a lot of things on it is useful, move your templates around to find the best spot. One of my favourite fabric is the one with big roses in pinks and yellow, you can use parts of the floral and leaves. The other one is the fabric with shells - it has lots of things for birds & animal parts. Treat the fabric as a source of components for the applique shapes. Once you have the fabric for the big bit,the smaller pieces will fall into place. May be if you don't overthink it, and just dive into it? The first 2 blocks are the hardest for me. I wish I could show you in person! Kim McL
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