I’ve been loving Raw Edge Applique for the past few years. I enjoy how fast and easy it is to make a pop of colour! Usually, raw edge applique is done sitting down at the sewing machine. But this tutorial is different. We’ll show how to raw edge applique using a free motion quilting technique …
Heather Ross wonky triangle Trixie whole cloth
When I saw this Wonky Triangle fabric by Heather Ross for Windham Fabrics, it was just too pretty to cut up! So I decided to make it up into a baby whole cloth. Whole cloth quilts were traditionally a way to show off exquisite quilting. But whole cloth quilts have become popular with modern quilters …
Quilting a Japanese Folk Tale
According to an ancient Japanese legend, there is an invisible red thread tied to everyone’s little finger at birth. The other end of the red thread is tied to someone that we are destined to meet. The people connected by this thread will become part of each other’s story. The thread may get tangled or …
Thread Painting Starry Night
Starry Night is arguably Vincent van Gogh’s most famous painting, but he considered it a failure at the time. Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 1889 oil on canvas painting of The Starry Night is currently in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. We can get insight into the painting by lines from a letter that Vincent …