The great thing about fusing art quilts is that you can use your fused scraps right up to the very last little bit. I am currently working on making a few Tiny Landscapes. Here is my drawing of this little landscape, Trees on the Hill. I drew it up so that I could keep my…
I showed you this picture last week and told you I would share how I use these tools. These are referred to as creasing tools, rubbing tools, or sometimes a hera marker. They are good for lots of things, but the way I use them the most is to transfer pencil lines to the back…
When I am fusing fabrics to start a project and I know that I want to use all the fabric, I have to mend or over lap areas of the fabric that I am fusing to make sure all the fabric gets fusible web on it. This is important if you want to make sure…
I was so inspired by my little quilt for SAQA that I decide to make a few more. I started with a piece of wonderful warm jewel tone silk charmeuse that was already fused and waiting in my scrap drawer. I went to my other scrap drawer that is full of fused cotton pieces and…
I will be in Manchester New Hampshire all week at the World Quilt show. Don’t just GO to a New England quilt festival, VACATION at one! The World Quilt Show – New England is Mancuso Show Management’s outstanding New England quilt festival. This New England quilt festival is one of the most internationally diverse events of its kind…
When I filmed my episode for Craftsy – Machine Quilting the Home Sweet Home Quilt, I also filmed a quicky segment on fusing. They titled it stash buster, because you had to pick fabrics from their pile of left over fabrics at the studio. You can watch me pick from a pile of commercial fabrics…
What a wonderful way to take a vacation – on a boat! with quilting! The very idea of going to the Panama Canal has me teaming with ideas. 15 DAY FULL TRANSIT PANAMA CANAL CRUISE APRIL 15-29, 2014 I have also never been to Mexico, can you believe that. What a better way to see…
I am going on a cruise in April 2014. I think you all should come along. I have been all over the world, but you know what I have never been to Mexico. I think a cruise is the easiest and funnest way to see a lot of different places, and you can quilt with…
Do you live in central ILLINOIS? Would you like to spend a fun filled SATURDAY? Can you turn on an IRON? You could become a graduate of the Chicago School of Fusing on May…
Laura and I had so much fun at the QGBI conference in Nottingham UK. I visited Chatsworth House on my day off. It was a gorgeous sunny day…
I did a post last month about making this table runner. Mary sent me these pictures just this week. I thought I would share. My local guild, The Rippers, had a “Christmas Gift Challenge” where we were given a bag with one piece of fabric and an information slip with a member’s name and preferences. …
My good friend Roberta is recovering from cancer. While going through her chemo treatments she found it hard to do any “real” sewing. So she decided to do some fusing. Fusing helped chase the blues away and kept her hands, heart and mind busy.Here are some of the pieces she made during her treatments.This is…