I’ll be in Sisters Oregon again this year teaching. If you are going to be there be sure to drop in my classroom and say – Hello.I’ll try to post pictures from there.This is me in 2005 the last time I taught there in front of June Jubilee. This quilt along with three more of…
Category Archives: Fusing
Prairie Grass–Design wall Friday
For the past three weeks I have been quilting these three panels. They will make their premier appearance at a show at the American Quilt Museum next month.Prairie Grass 32” x 75”artist hand dyed silk/cotton and cotton fabric.Close up of quilting.It is a shame the color is a bit washed out. They are more “luminous”…
Poppies
I really enjoy my garden. Especially this time of year when each new month brings me a joy of color and design. Right now my poppies are blooming. Every year the cycle of life renews itself and brings me happiness and bliss. The poppies in my garden have inspired many of my quilts. June Jubilee…
Fanciful Stitches
Fanciful Stitches, Colorful Quilts Blog Tour is happening now. I am going to be giving away a free copy of this really fun and creative book on May 3rd. So be sure and stop by and tell your friends.Other artist who are also doing the tour; you can try to win at each stop along…
Organic Leaves
I teach a design class called “Laughing Leaves”. Originally I called the class Organic Leaves, but it didn’t really seem to take off. So I changed the the name to “Laughing Leaves” and pop it was a hit. Here are some examples of students work over the years. I am always delighted and amazed with…
More fusing tips
Here are a few more tips about using fusible web.1. Use your release paper to transfer designs.This is a trick I learned from my good pal Laura. You can draw on the release paper or parchment paper and it will transfer to the back of the fused fabric.If you draw with a extra fine sharpie…
Fusing
Let’s talk about fusing. Most of my quilts are fused. I teach fusing techniques all over the world, and still I get lots of questions from readers. So let’s talk about fusing. I use WonderUnder #805. It is the only fusible web product that I use. I have been using it for a very long…
Fusible web article
I have a nice article in this months American Quilter magazine about choosing and using fusible webs. I hope you get a chance to read it.
More Fusing
Yesterday I talked about some of the things to keep in mind when you are using fusible web.Here are a few more thoughts and suggestions.1. Make samples of things before you put them into a quilt. This seems like an obvious idea but so many people, me included sometimes, don’t take the time to do…
Fusing
I have been getting a lot of questions lately from people concerning using fusing web in their quilts. So I am going to do a whole series about using fusible web correctly and successfully. My hope is that this will help people to understand fusing better and to achieve better results with their fusing efforts.FUSING…
The process
I thought you would enjoy seeing my process for creating a new piece. I went through my sketchbook and found a very old sketch of trees. Probably done one day after our daily walk in the woods. I fooled around with it a bit and updated it and then redrew a cleaned up copy on…