Thoughts and process. I've shown you the process of making my own fabric for part of this block…. in post No 4. A piece of fusible web (steam a seam lite) was fused to the back of the image. I drew the bird onto white dyers muslin with a mechanical pencil and I began to…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
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It's late but I just thought I would pen this short note until I can get back to the computer after class tomorrow. Thanks so much to everyone who sent information regarding the National Geographic. I will reply to every one of you in a day or so. Thanks…. you are all wonderful.!!!
Block No 1. Quilted.
Block No 1. Quilting:- I quilted the small quilt with smoke Monofilament on the top…..( I prefer YLI monofilament.) I used Masterpiece 50 weight cotton on the back, warm and natural cotton batting and a 60/8 sharp needle. To begin with a forgot to change needles and I had a microtex needle in the machine……
Quilting Tip.
Just at the moment I'm in the middle of quilting a very large, and intensively quilted quilt… I seem to quilt better in the early hours of the morning, but there is one difficulty quilting at that time. I find that the quilt moves much more fluidly under the needle when the machine bed is…
Has anyone got a copy of this National Geographic in their stash?
It’s getting better and better, – taking quilting one step further.
I've had a good day today, the weather was superb, 35 deg and sunny. I finished another project and I'm thrilled with the results, but once again it's one of those that I can't show just yet….. oooh it's delicious…. I finished all that darn paperwork and got all the folders ready for the event…
Block No 2.
Thought Process:- I have an idea….. Do you remember I mentioned that I want to do some blocks with maps….? This block will be of something that I treasure each day. So I decided to get a map of our suburb off the web, print it and then scan it so I could subdue the…
I solved a very difficult quilting problem today….. It's surprising that a grown woman can get so excited over something as small as how to finish a special quilt… Can't show you yet, but all will be revealed and it's just plain amazing.!!!!!
Quilt Show Video.
8.00 pm. It's been a nice day I've worked with friends on our joint project and after many hours of quilting, we can see the end in sight. (hopefully) I'm working on the paperwork for a Teacher training day on Saturday, The art of teaching adults. How to become an extraordinary instructor and facilitator. I'm…
Aggies in the rain… how beautiful.