I spent the day with
The Harlan Valley Quilters
today...
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
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Showing posts with label fundraising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fundraising. Show all posts
From Heartbreak.....to Hope
10,000 Names
Quilt Exhibit
In this one minute video you can view the exhibit:
Last year I was quilting on Sacred Ground as I worked on one of the 7 foot purple panels in the video above.
In the video there is a woman in a bright green shirt holding one of these purple quilts.......it is Sacred Ground.
It is my honor and privilege to be a part of From Heart Break to Hope.
CLICK HERE to see the incredible quilts that have already been donated.
CLICK HERE to find out more.
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Sparrow......Alzheimer's Priority Quilt
This is the little Inktense Portrait
I finished yesterday...
I thought I would finish it today and donate it to
Alzheimer's Priority Quilt Auction
is planning an exhibit of
Alzheimer's Priority Quilts this summer.
The back side is just as pretty as the front...
After machine quilting... it is time to bind it:
I am couching a braided cord for the
Edge Treatment.
This quilt would be overwhelmed with a regular binding.
Detail of Braided Cord Binding Treatment
Sparrow
8.5 x 11 inches
Alzheimer's Priority Quilts
should be no larger than 9 x 12 inches
Back Side of Sparrow:
A metal picture hanger sewn to the back will make
it easy to display this little birdie.
Consider creating a little quiltlet to donate to:
CLICK HERE to view my Corded Binding Tutorial
CLICK HERE to view my Adventures in Mixed Media Quilt Class in May
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Flowers for Mama...
It's done...
Binding, Hanging Sleeve & Label too!
Click Image to Enlarge:
" Flowers for Mama "
Donated to:
The Women's Cancer Coalition
A Raffle Quilt
Proceeds to benefit Women's Cancer Programs
Created By:
The Harlan Valley Quilters
Harlan, Oregon
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Raffle Quilted.....Basted
Mondays I spend with my local quilt guild.
I packed up the Raffle Quilt top and brought it with me...
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Spray Basting is my preferred method of basting
If you have never spray basted, start small with a small wall quilt, work your way up to a baby quilt, etc.
You get better with practice...
The weather was just perfect for spray basting...
Warm and No Breeze
My sister helped me get this basted.
It took us maybe 20 minutes.
Raffle Quilt Basted
I am ready to get this under the needle...
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
Raffle Quilt.... Stitching Applique
Today I am stitching down the applique on the Raffle Quilt
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I don't use a heavy satin stitch around the raw edges.
I prefer a small zig zag that doesn't draw too much attention to itself.
I match the thread color to the applique shapes.
It blends in...
That is the look I am going for here.
I am using YLI Variations Polyester Thread.
It has a nice sheen to it.
My favorite zig zag stitch for applique is:
Zig Zag Width.....3
Stitch Length.....1
It creates a tiny little zig zag big enough to catch the edges of the applique, but not too big and bulky.
It lays flat and nice.
When you zig zag, the needle should fall into the background fabric when it goes over to the right.
I also prefer an open-toe foot to allow better visibility as I follow along the edge of the applique shape.
The Steam A Seam Lite 2 Fusible Web acts as a stabilizer, the fabric doesn't pucker from all of the applique stitching.
Keep your Needle in the DOWN position
(if you have this option on your machine)
Every time I stop stitching, the needle is in the DOWN position.
This keeps the quilt in place and doesn't allow it to move.
If you don't have an Up/Down option, just hand crank your needle down into the quilt to keep it from shifting around when you stop.
I put on the movie, "How to Make an American Quilt" and the time just flew by while I stitched the applique down.....even the tedious center of this pink flower.
After 7 hours of stitching, all the the applique' work is complete.
Tomorrow I will baste the quilt sandwich together and audition some quilting threads.
Until then...
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full of Raffle Quilts,
LuAnn
Raffle Quilt.... Applique Done
This quilt top needs something...
Raffle Quilt Top
Created By:
Let's see where the day takes us...
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Time to do some sketching
A flower design might work...
I am tracing out the flower shapes onto Fusible Web
Steam A Seam Lite 2
Tracing is done...
Time to audition flower fabrics...
A few more fabrics that might work...
I had a tough time finding fabrics in my stash that would match the color values in this quilt top...I feel my fabrics somewhat limit me at this point.
Fusible Web Applique Shapes Cut Out and Ready to Fuse onto Fabrics
The first flower will be blue and scrappy...
The blue plaid fabrics coordinate nicely with the background
Pink Flower has been started...
Another layer of petals has been added...
Blue Flower is done...
Pink Flower is done...
Auditioning Stem Fabrics...
This green goes nicely with the rest of the fabrics.
I will use it for the flower stems...
The stems are drawn free-hand.
I placed fusible web on the quilt, then drew the stems where they needed to be.
Again, drawing on the fusible web for the stem design needed.
There is no pattern, I am designing as I go...
Time to add some leaves...
With these large applique shapes, I was able to cut most everything free hand with the rotary cutter.
It is much faster and easier than using scissors.
A few leaves have been added...
Applique Work is complete...
The only thing left to do is fuse it all down with the iron!
Oh Yes, there is one other thing...
Clean up the Mess !
The stitch work begins tomorrow...
More to come ~
CLICK HERE to see all the posts on this quilt
May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn
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