I put the borders on this quilt in the same manner as used in the the cactus quilt.Each border is actually appliquéd down…. The scaly border was cut around each outside scale and stitched with monofilnament, the final border was appliquéd on with a blanket stitch.
Author: Pam Holland
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Border process.
I added the checkered border first..It reminds me of the mosaic tiles I saw in Mexico. However, lets make it more interesting.,.I cut a 1†strip of fusible web and ironed it to the top of the strip of check fabric.I cut along the edge of the pattern tin the fabric to give me an…
A little more detail…..
I’ve added a little more to the quilt and the explanations are in the PAGES part of the blog on the right hand side. Border Process…..
How do we get old?
3 years ago, after a visit to my parents I was suddenly hit with the realization that they were old.I drove the hour trip home and my thoughts were more on Mum and Dad than concentrating on the road. At dinner that night…. I just quietly announced "I think Mum and Dad have got old"They…
"One night I went for a walk by the sea, along the empty shore. The deep blue sky was flecked with clouds of a blue deeper than the fundamental blue of intense cobalt, and other of a clearer blue, like the whiteness of the milky way. …….." Vincent Van Gogh.I can imagine Vincent Van Gogh…
"Being creative is seeing the same thing as everybody else, but thinking of something different."
I’ve had along day.
This is the way I feel tonight, I’ve been working since 4.30 am. I needed to fit in a days work before 10.00 am when my friends were due to arrive for a day of quilting. Four of us have been working on a project for the past several years. It is now up on…
It’s getting there…..
I went to the stash, pulled the fabrics that blended with the colors in the picture… disguarded some to avoid confusion… To make the pattern, you need to reverse the tracing paper.Put your name at the top, when it’s backwards you know you have the pattern the right way to make the fusible web pattern….
It’s getting there, but still a blank canvas.
Read this….
Read this, shut your eyes and imagine…. "One night I went for a walk by the sea, along the empty shore. The deep blue sky was flecked with clouds of a blue deeper than the fundamental blue of intense cobalt, and other of a clearer blue, like the whiteness of the milky way. In the…