Showing posts with label Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop. Show all posts

Saturday, October 15, 2016

And the Winner is...

The winner of the Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop is Lee from Michigan!  Enjoy you book and gorgeous Island Batik fabrics!


It's been such a blast to see everyone's quilts!  If you are going to be in Houston consider bidding on my silent auction quilt...


I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
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Friday, October 14, 2016

Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop - Day 5!

Today is the last day my lovely quilting friends are posting about my book.  Tomorrow will be the second half of my Houston Auction Quilt project from Tuesday...how I quilted it!  It turned out fabulous and I can't wait to share with you tomorrow.  For those of you who usually tune in for my Free Motion Fridays you will definitely want to come back tomorrow!

 I will also be announcing the winner of my book and four Island Batik fat quarters!  See the contest entry below for more details.  It closes Friday night at midnight CST.  

Monday, October 10
Connie Kresin Campbell - http://www.conniekresin.com/

Tuesday, October 11

Wednesday, October 12

Thursday, October 13
Maryellen McAuliffe - http://teachpany.blogspot.com/

Friday October 14
Adele Mogavero - http://adelemogavero.com/

Saturday October 15 - Final Wrap-up
Giveaway!  You'll get a free autographed copy of my book and four gorgeous fat quarters of Island Batik fabric!  You can see the items below:



I hope you all are enjoying this Blog Hop as much as I am!  If you love to applique be sure to join my Machine Applique Adventures Facebook Group!

 I must admit that I was tickled pink to see my book featured on the Generation Q blog!  Thanks Teri.

 I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop Day 3!

It's been an absolute blast for me to see what my lovely friends have been creating from my book!  I can't wait to see what today's posts bring.


Monday, October 10
Connie Kresin Campbell - http://www.conniekresin.com/

Tuesday, October 11

Wednesday, October 12

Thursday, October 13
Maryellen McAuliffe - http://teachpany.blogspot.com/

Friday October 14
Adele Mogavero - http://adelemogavero.com/

Saturday October 15 - Final Wrap-up

Giveaway!  You'll get a free autographed copy of my book and four gorgeous fat quarters of Island Batik fabric!  You can see the items below:





I hope you all are enjoying this Blog Hop as much as I am!  If you love to applique be sure to join my Machine Applique Adventures Facebook Group!

 I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop - My Houston Auction Quilt!

Welcome to the Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop!  My fabulous friends and fellow bloggers are having a blast this week showing what they've created from my new book Folk Art Quilted Traditions.


Monday, October 10
Connie Kresin Campbell - http://www.conniekresin.com/


Tuesday, October 11


Wednesday, October 12

Thursday, October 13
Maryellen McAuliffe - http://teachpany.blogspot.com/

Friday October 14
Adele Mogavero - http://adelemogavero.com/


Saturday October 15 - Final Wrap-up


Giveaway!  You'll get a free autographed copy of my book and four gorgeous fat quarters of Island Batik fabric!  You can see the items below:



I was astounded in August when I was contacted by the International Quilting Association asking me to make a quilt for their small quilt auction.  It will go up for bids at International Quilt Festival in Houston Nov. 3-6, 2016.  It's an honor to be asked to make a small quilt for this auction and I was thrilled to be asked.

I knew I wanted to make something using my new book, but I must admit that I was a little overwhelmed by all the possibilities.  I started playing around and just couldn't figure out quite what I wanted to do.  Then the wonderful people at Island Batik offered to send me some fabric to make the quilt using their newest lines.  I gladly accepted and planned a color scheme around a print I picked out for the center of my block.  You can see this fabric underneath all the other luscious Island Batiks below.


Next I started designing using my pattern and mirrors.  You can see the progression I wen tthrough in the pictures below.  Center and flowers first.


Adding Leaves.


More leaf choices.


Adding a cushion in the center.


The final details.


Here is the first layer all fused down ready to go.


Here you can see that I'm in the process of blanket stitching.  When I know that the end of the pieces are going to be covered up by other pieces I will often simply stitch them all and then go back and cut threads later.


Layer Two.


As a part of layer three I had two leaves that butted right up to each other to blanket stitch.  In the middle of stitching the, I pivot my needle and switch to the second petal to stitch so that I don't have to start and stop as many times.  When I've gone all the way around the second petal I then switch back to finish the first petal.



Layer three.


Layer four.


Block's all done!


I know you want to know how it all turned out, and I do want to show you, but this post is long enough all ready!  Be sure to come back on Saturday to see how I quilted this gorgeous little block for the International Quilt Festival Mini Quilt Auction with my lovely Island Batiks!  I'll be in Houston to watch the bidding. I can hardly wait!

You can also keep updated and share what you're doing on my Machine Applique Adventures Facebook group!

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy








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Monday, October 10, 2016

Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop starts TODAY!

Today is the start of the Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop!  The projects my friends and fellow quilters have made are truly amazing!  I can't wait to see them all!

Here's the complete list of participating bloggers.  Check out today's posts and enter the giveaway below!  Yes, I have a new project to show you below....be sure to scroll down and check it out.



Monday, October 10
Connie Kresin Campbell - http://www.conniekresin.com/

Tuesday, October 11

Wednesday, October 12

Thursday, October 13
Maryellen McAuliffe - http://teachpany.blogspot.com/

Friday October 14
Adele Mogavero - http://adelemogavero.com/

Saturday October 15 - Final Wrap-up


Giveaway!  You'll get a free autographed copy of my book and four gorgeous fat quarters of Island Batik fabric!  You can see the items below:



For this Blog Hop I decided to create something new using the patterns in my book.  I teach third grade so I decided that the perfect thing to do would be to make a bag just the right size to carry my plan book and papers back and forth from school.  

One amazing quilter I've been following lately is Cathy Wiggins.  You can check out her Facebook page by clicking on the link.  She's been working with quilting leather and I must admit being intrigued.  The question in my mind was this:  can you use fusible on leather?  What will happen?  

I went off to my local fabric outlet and found a gorgeous piece of tan leather.   Perfect for making a bag.  It was a little smaller than what I wanted, but it was so soft I couldn't resist.  I shrunk the pattern to 85% and was ready to roll.

First, I picked out some splendid Island Batik fabrics for my project.  I love Island Batik fabrics.


Then, I knew it was time to do a test sample.  I didn't want to waste any of my gorgeous batiks!  The first step was to see what happened when I tried to fuse my Decorbond by Pellon to the leather.  I use Decorbond to make the bag sturdy.  Sure, maybe by using leather I didn't necessarily Decorbond to make the bag stiffer, but I wasn't sure since my leather was so supple.  Plus it was also stretchy and I didn't want my applique to stretch out of shape. 

I must admit I was timid at this point.  So I sent a Facebook message to the lovely Cathy Wiggins to ask about ironing leather.  She assured me she treats it just like fabric so I went for it.  I tried a medium heat setting.  No luck.  Then the cotton setting, almost he linen setting on my iron.  I had to press for a while to make sure to get the heat through all the layers, but it stuck fast.  I was a happy camper!


Now it was time to try fusing.  I pulled a few stray pieces from my scrap bag and put them together into a flower.  I fused them on using medium heat and they stuck fast.  No problems at all.  I did constantly move the iron not leaving it in one place for any length of time.

I used Steam-a-Seam 2 as I always do.  I was pleasantly surprised how well the pieces stuck to the leather.  It is really soft and the fusible stuck right to the hairs of the hide with now problems at all.  I was also able to remove the piece and move it (before ironing of course!) with ease if I didn't put it in the correct place.  I then heat set the pieces using a medium setting.  


Here is my sample with all the blanket stitching. I am really happy with how it turned out.  I used a leather needle and had no trouble getting my thread to work or getting the needle through the fabric.  I also find it interesting that the pieces almost seem to settle into the leather than to be on top of the leather.  


Here's the back of the sample.


Now it was time to go ahead and stitch on my beautiful Island Batiks!  Here's the finished front panel for the bag.  I am so pleased with how it turned out.


And the back of the front panel.  One thing that was tricky about doing this was I wasn't able to make my regular registration lines because any holes made in the leather were permanent.  What to do?  I drew the lines on the stabilizer I'd ironed to the back (a good idea because leather DOES stretch!).  Then I figured out where the outer most petals were going to be and sketched them in.  I then put a hole (needle up and down on my machine) about 1/8 inch INSIDE the petals (the petals covered up the holes) to help with registration.  I then stuck ALL the pieces down at once (something I rarely do, but in this case I thought it was going to be easier) to make sure they were aligned.  Then I pressed to seal my fusible and started stitching.


Here is the final bag all done!  I decided to put canvas on the inside for a little for stability and I used a dark color in case something leaked.  I tried to make a leather handle, but it didn't turn out well, so I ended up with batik wrapped around strapping as it describes in the book.


Here you can see that yes, I really am using this to carry my school supplies.  One think I've learned is that I don't want to take my leather bag outside when it's raining, so I have put it in a garbage bag before to protect it while running out to my car after school.  LOL.




Here you can see the difference between the bag described in the book and my new bag.  I had to adjust the size due to the piece of leather I bought.




Come back tomorrow to check out the other quilt I made for this blog hop :)

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy



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