Old & New

When I was organizing my stash, I came across the oldest fabric in my stash.  I remember buying it.  It was my very first piece of yardage that I ever bought as a quilter.

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It is a glittery piece of Christmas fabric.  I remember buying it with my grandmother.  I bought it 11 years ago. I am using it in a project; a table runner and placemats for Christmas (that I started two years ago). 

The newest piece of fabric is actually two pieces bought at the same time.

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It is from Moda’s Grace Line.  It is for borders and binding for my hexagon quilt.

A Drawing:

From now until November 30th, post about your oldest and newest fabric in your stash on your blog and you could win a goodie package from Hawaii including the calendar below:

calI will even do my best to get some of the artists to sign their quilt photos.

Rules:

  1. Post about your oldest and newest fabric in your stash – include photos and what you plan for it.
  2. Put a Link in your blog post to THIS post.
  3. Come back here and post a link your POST about your oldest and newest fabrics in your stash.  If you only post to your blog, you become ineligible for winning.
  4. I will draw a winner on December 1st (or close to it) from eligible Mr. Linky links. 

UPDATED:  Since I realize that not everyone has a small, easy-to-get-to stash like I do, I will accept a post about just your newest piece in your stash.

Now – for the posts:

Charlotte’s Web

I think I am seriously in love. 


(photo from Superior’s Site)

This is the product I used for my Fireworks on the Prairie quilt.  Here is a small how-to on how I did it differently than the videos on the website.  I found this way by accident and it makes it even easier (if you could imagine) than their way.

First, I trace the design on freezer paper and cut it out.  I cut just inside the line to make it a little bit smaller.  I then iron the freezer paper down on the fabric that I am using for the design.

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Next, I stitch around the freezer paper. I use Bottom-Line in thread in the top and the fusible web in the bobbin.  You can do it either way, but since I generally have a size 10 needle in my machine, it is easier for me to do it this way.

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Yes, I do use a contrasting thread. 

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After stitching all the way around the shape, I cut as close as I can to the stitch line without clipping the threads.  This can be difficult, so go slow.

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Next I press, as directed, to the background fabric for about 10-15 seconds to fuse the shapes together.  Not shown:  Once the shape is fused down I spot-heat a section to lift up the top thread to separate it.  I then spot-heat all around to make the top unravel.

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After this I do a button-hole stitch in the matching thread.  You can use whatever decorative stitch you want; zig-zag, herringbone, etc.

The other cool thing is that the fabric is not stiff like when you use steam-a-seam or wonder-under.  You can also trim away fabrics like traditional applique.  I actually trimmed the black away from the white stars in the quilt.

Calendar Winner!

Today was the day to pick the winner for the Hawaiian Calendar.

There were 9 entries (thank you everyone for entering!)

So I went to random.org  and entered in the criteria… and it chose:

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Who was:jane

Jane, congratulations!