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Premium Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 4 No. 3
Online Quilt Magazine.com
Meet Australia’s
Own Award-
Learn Leah’s
Sharp Stippling
Winning Quilter
Merelyn Pearce
Try the Jelly
Roll 1600 Quilt
Challenge
Two NEW Quick
and Easy Easter
Projects
Bumper-Sized
Reader
“Show and
Tell”
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Online Quilt Magazine Table of Contents
Australia’s Own - Quilter Merelyn Pearce ……………..……………………….……………………………………………………………………..…………………………………..……….
Page 4
The Twist of Thread …..……..………………….………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………….……………………………………...….
Page 9
Sharp Stippling ……………………………………………………...…………………..………………………………………………….…………………………..……………….……………………..
Page 12
PROJECT – Easter Oven Mitts ………………………………..……………..……………………………………………………..………………………………………………………….…………..
Page 16
Accuracy Begins with Your Ruler …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….
Page 20
The Jelly Roll 1600 Quilt…………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………...……….
Page 23
PROJECT – Crossed Swords Quilt Pattern ……..………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………..……..
Page 25
Hints and Tips From Brannie ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Page 29
What’s New from The Fat Quarter Shop ……………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………….
Page 31
PROJECT – Redwork Easter Mat ……..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………
Page 35
Do You Really Need A Sewing Machine Cabinet? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Page 39
Book Review – “Creative Uses for Decorative Stitches” by Karen Linduska ……………………..………………………………….……………………………………………….
Page 41
Recipe – Spiced Chocolate Hot Cross Buns …………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………
Page 43
Reader “Show and Tell” …………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………….……………………………….………………………………...…
Page 45
BLOCK OF THE MONTH – Cross 13 Block ………………..…..……………….………...................................................................................................................
Page 50
Today's Tips..................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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YES – We Want To hear From You ..............................................................................................................................................................................
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Cover: Robbie with our Easter projects
Letter from the Editor
Jody Anderson
Hi!
Easter already??? I know, it’s early this year, and whilst it seems we’re still getting over Christmas, the
hot cross buns and chocolate eggs are well ensconced in our shops now. So, not to be left out, we have a
couple of fun and quick Easter projects for you to make. Annette’s great egg-shaped pot holders, and my
Easter redwork stitchery.
We’re thrilled this month too, to bring you a story on one of our popular Australian quilters. Merelyn
Pearce has won numerous awards for her stunning quilts based on the ideas of Margaret Preston’s
beautiful Australian paintings and prints, and I do hope you enjoy looking at her work as much as we do!
There’s more for you this month as well – Rose has another quilt block project to share, there’s a fab
quick Jelly Roll quilt idea, a book review, more yummy fabrics to find and more!
So much to do, and so little time…!
Have a great Month, and Happy Easter!
Regards,
Jody
Feature – Australia’s Own Merelyn Pearce
By Annette Mira-Bateman
Merelyn prefers making pictorial quilts and loves
appliqueing by hand and indeed, her beautiful
applique is an integral part of most of her quilts.
She was drawn to the work of Australian Artist
Margaret Preston because of the dramatic,
energetic vitality of her work and its very
essential reflection of Australia.
Since Merelyn Pearce discovered quilting in 1989,
she has progressed to become world famous as a
prize-winning quilt artist.
Her early years as a secondary school art teacher
and then with her own ceramics studio gave her a
good grounding in sculptural work and the
appreciation of colours and visual impact.
“Tribute to Margaret Preston iiii”
She especially loves the lino-cut style of
Margaret’s work and receives much inspiration
from her prints that showcase uniquely Australian
plants and birds. (Perhaps this affinity comes
from sharing the same initials too!)
Merelyn says each quilt is an evolution. She has a
vision of the completed quilt and always has the
central block drawn up before beginning. As
there is "a lot of thinking time while doing
applique", decisions on size, width and number of
borders are made as the work progresses.
Merelyn loves border prints too, often using
them as the inspiration for designing a quilt.
As Merelyn says “Colour is a predominant
element in my quilts, and I use cotton and silk
fabrics, often enhanced with hand embroidery.”
“Tribute to Margaret Preston iii”
“Bird of Paradise”
Merelyn's "special" quilts are those she has made
for her family using them as subjects or from
drawings they have done.
Emu Applique detail from “Preston Dreaming” quilt (below).
Detail of Merelyn’s Applique
Whilst Merelyn has won many ribbons for her
quilts, her major awards include: Best of Show at
New South Wales Quilters' Guild Show in 2002,
2005, 2008 and 2011; Best of Australia in 2002,
2008 and 2011; the inaugural Australian Quilting
World Masters in 2005 and Best of Show at the
Australian Quilt Show in 2005.
Many Australian quilters have seen Merelyn's
quilts on display and found her beautiful work to
be truly inspirational.
“Preston Dreaming” 2011
This quilt won Best of
Show at the NSW
Quilters’ Guild Show,
and also Best of
Australia 2011.
(The emu applique
detail taken from this
quilt.)
The Twist of Thread
By Penny Halgren from www.How-To-Quilt.com
When I first began making quilts, I didn’t pay that
much attention to the thread I was using – either
for piecing or for quilting.
Of course, part of the issue was that there was
basically only one brand of thread readily
available, and, although it came in hundreds of
colors, it was all cotton covered polyester.
Years after I hand pieced and hand quilted a
queen size quilt, I noticed that some of the
patches looked like they had been cut with a
knife, right at the seam line.
It was then that I discovered that the thread
quilters use makes a difference in the quilt, if
even just in how long the quilt would survive.
It turned out that the polyester content in the
thread was cutting through the 100% cotton in
my patches. Basically, the fabric was stretching
but the thread was not.
That was when I switched to using 100% cotton
thread for piecing and quilting.
As time progressed, I heard about the “twist” of
thread.
Thread is actually created using several strands,
twisted together and then wound on a spool.
I often wondered whether it made a difference
how those tiny strands were actually twisted
together.
So I asked Bob Purcell, President of Superior
Threads, during an interview:
Q: How does twist affect sewing and how do you
ensure you have the right twist if there’s a way
to tell one thread from another from the project
that you’re working on?
A: “If you’ve ever heard of the s-twist or the in
the US they usually call it the left-hand twist and
the right-hand twist series.
That’s a story that I wish had never been started
because all it does is confuse people. Every
thread made for sewing on a machine is what the
industry calls the z-twist.
The problem is whoever tried to interpret that
into a left twist and a right twist gets mixed up
sometimes. So some people call a z-twist, lefthand twist, some people call the z-twist, righthand twist, and so as you can imagine that makes
it extremely difficult to understand.
So I tell people if anyone ever asks you about the
twist of a thread, plug your ears, as they probably
are mistaken.
We had one person who swore by a hand quilting
thread that she used and recommended to
everybody and she insisted it was the only thread
she liked because it’s a left-hand twist. So we
sent it to our factory in Japan, and a thread
laboratory and they came back and said it was a
right-hand twist. We told her that and she said
“No, you’re wrong.” You can see how this
confusion about the twist direction happens.
99.9% of thread you’ll ever see is a z-twist made
for machine work. There are some very rare stwist threads, which would be the left-hand twist.
If you should find it, you’ll find it’s made for hand
work or for weaving.
We just don’t see anything on a spool that is a
left-hand or the s-twist. It’s almost all the righthand or the z-twist, so don’t worry about getting
a bad twist or a wrong twisted thread. You just
won’t find them. They’re all made the same way
now.
But, do note that there is a good twist and a bad
twist!
For example, if you look at a cheap serger thread,
you’ll notice that there’s a very loose twist put on
that thread and all they did was they cut corners
in the processing.
A good thread is measured by how many twists
per meter are in a thread. A low budget serger
thread may have 100 twists per meter. On the
other hand, a high quality thread has 1100 twists
per meter.
It’s a huge difference and the more twists per
meter means the smoother the final thread is
going to feel and you will get better results in
your quilt project.”
About the Author:
Penny Halgren is a quilter of more than 27 years, and
enjoys sharing her love of quilting with others. Sign up
for her free quilting tips, quilt patterns, and
newsletter at http://www.How-to-Quilt.com
Sharp Stippling
By Leah Day from www.FreeMotionQuilt.blogspot.com
This month we continue our 8-part series from
Leah where she covers 5 different filler quilting
designs before making and quilting a modern
quilt to practice them on. Follow along and enjoy
the fun with us!
So the very first Sister of Stippling we're going to
meet is called Sharp Stippling.
Last month we learnt Stippling, the Mother of all
Independent Designs.
So now it's time to meet the whole family! For
the next few months we're going to learn and
experiment with designs I call the Sisters of
Stippling.
These designs work ALMOST the same way, but
with some small difference that make them an
entirely different design, with a different texture,
and a different effect on the surface of your quilt.
Now let's learn how to quilt Sharp Stippling on a
large scale and medium scale in a real quilt. Click
(or copy and paste) the link below for a video
demonstration of this design.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player
_embedded&v=jVPt4LL0oNw
Just like with Stippling, start Sharp Stippling by
quilting a row of very simple wiggly V shapes:
Gradually add bends and extra wiggles to add
more complexity with the next row:
Notice that this works exactly the same as
Stippling! Work a row from left to right, then
from right to left, and see how easy it can be to
bend and wiggle this design over your quilt.
Now work on blending several rows together to
create a random, sharp stippling texture:
The very nice thing about the sharp points of
Sharp Stippling is they give you a great place to
stop and reposition your hands and your quilt.
Just stop in a point, make sure the needle is in the
down position, move your hands or reposition
your quilt as needed, then begin quilting again,
smoothly transitioning from a slow speed to
higher speed as your hands return to their normal
movement.
But also be mindful as you stitch these points that
it's very easy to create little knots in these areas.
This happens when you stop moving your hands,
but continue to run the machine, stitching 2-3
times in the exact same place.
This is actually surprisingly easy to do, so much so
that it can be habit forming. If you have to, come
to a point, then stop - take your foot off the
pedal, then start stitching again to avoid resting
for too long in one point.
You can get this quilt pattern for free by signing
up for our Weekly Newsletter right here.
Now a bit about the quilt I was working on in this
video. This is Batik Beauty:
So I quilted that center green block with this
design and hopefully demonstrated that it's really
not that hard to squish a full sized quilt into your
machine. The block had already been stitched in
the ditch, which meant the pins could be taken
out, and the only thing left to do was fill it with 3
rows of Sharp Stippling.
Let's go quilt!
Leah
About the Author: Leah Day is the author of the Free
Motion Quilting Project, a blog project dedicated to
creating new free motion quilting designs each week and
sharing them all for FREE! Leah is also the author of From
Daisy to Paisley - 50 Beginner Free Motion Quilting Designs,
a spiral bound book featuring 50 designs from the project.
www.daystyledesigns.com
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Project – Easter Oven Mitts
From www.QuiltBlockoftheMonthClub.com
Enjoy Easter this year with a
fabulous pair of oh-sopractical themed pot
holders.
You Will Need:
2 Fat Quarters in Eastersuitable print fabric (or you
may want to piece your
own ‘eggy’ strips)
Approx. ¼ metre / yard
batting
At least 36 inches bias
binding
These Pot Holders are approx. 9 inches long x 7 inches wide.
Cut:
Using the template provided, from each of your two fabrics, cut 2 full (black) egg shapes and 2 half (red)
egg shapes.
From the batting, cut 4 full egg shapes and 2 half egg shapes.
Assembly:
You can make a matching pair of mitts, or, as we did, swap the fabrics around so each top side is
different.
Make the top (half egg) first. Pin and sew the dart in each of the four half egg pieces. Press.
Cut the dart shape away from the half egg batting pieces, then layer the fabric and batting as you would
for a quilt. Backing fabric face down, batting on next, then the top fabric with right side up. Repeat for
the second mitt and take care to match the dart seams on each.
Pin and stitch the three layers together with a fine zig-zag stitch very close to the edges.
Stitch the bias binding across the straight edge on the back, then fold over to the front and machine
stitch in place.
Now make the whole egg shapes in the same way. Use 2 layers of batting between the fabric layers for
extra heat protection.
We stitched 2 straight rows across the width of the egg to hold all the layers together. Make the first
row about 3 inches down from the top, and the second about 6 inches down. Sew around the edges
again with a fine zig-zag stitch as you did for the halves.
Place one half egg shape right side up on the right side of one of the matching whole egg pieces. Pin the
edges together, noting that the top half egg will bulge up slightly in the middle.
Join both pieces with a fine zig-zag stitch around the edge again, then finish off with the bias binding
right around the egg shape.
Repeat for the second mitt, and you’re now ready to slip your hands in and get those Hot Cross Buns out
of the oven!
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Accuracy Begins With Your Ruler
By Pauline Rogers from www.QuiltersWorld.com.au
Do you find yourself disappointed that you never
seem to get your points accurate? As a teacher of
patchwork it's distressing to see so many quilters
struggle with their points. After unpicking many
times and trying again, they finally give up in
frustration.
Why is it that when you've put so much effort
into making the block and you've followed all the
instructions faithfully, but still can't get it right?
Have a good look at the rulers you are using and
you may discover that it isn't even your fault that
your points don't meet!
The first step in accuracy is the correct measuring
and cutting of the fabric. Inaccuracies at this step
are carried over into the sewing process.
These small mistakes become more apparent as
the number of pieces in the block or quilt
increase. Precise measuring and cutting starts
with your ruler.
Are all the lines straight?
Poorly marked increments are a sure sign of an
inaccurate ruler. A good quality quilt ruler can
seem expensive, especially to a new quilter but
using a cheap ruler is false economy.
Are the line markings thick? Are some of the lines
thick and others thin?
Rulers that mark increments with thick lines are
making it difficult to achieve accuracy. Compare
the markings on your ruler to the thread that you
sew with.
If it takes three or four strands of thread to fill the
line you will most likely end up with problems.
If you don't always use the same side of the thick
line when determining where to cut, the
inconsistencies accumulate making it difficult to
match your points.
It is also the reason you shouldn't swap rulers in
the middle of making a block or quilt. Don't
presume that your rulers measure correctly even
when you're using the same brand. To eliminate
inaccuracy take some time to check your rulers to
see that the measurements are the same.
My Favourite Rulers
If the increments for inches are marked with thick
lines, while the half inch and quarter inch
increments are thin the differences can easily
cause you to be a thread or two off on each
piece, which doesn't seem like much until you
sew them together.
I once heard a tutor say the "unpicker is a
quilter's best friend". Well I feel most of us are
too busy to want to be friendly with that
particular tool.
Are the measurements true? Do they measure
the same?
Yes it has its uses but I would have to say that my
Creative Grid rulers make much better friends, for
since I started using them every block I've made
has turned out exactly the size they should.
Many quilters are surprised when they discover
that rulers don't always measure the same. An
inch is an inch, right? It certainly should be but in
comparing different rulers it amazingly isn't.
The varying accuracy of rulers is one of the main
reasons that groups end up with differing sized
blocks when they make a community quilt.
Designed by quilters the Creative Grid rulers are
tried and tested. They have much to recommend
them including:
•
All the lines are thin - one thread thick.
•
•
Both black and white line markings makes
it easy to distinguish the measurements
on any colour fabric - light, dark and even
prints.
Non slip grips are built into the rulers so
you don't get any slippage while cutting.
Do take some time to examine your rulers for
happy piecing with accurate points.
About the Author
Pauline Rogers has taught patchwork & quilting for close to
28 years. She travels extensively throughout Australia
helping others learn and perfect the techniques of quilt
making. Pauline's Schoolhouse programme is a popular way
for quilt groups to share in her tool expertise. Visit Quilters
World online at www.quiltersworld.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Pauline_Rogers
The Jelly Roll 1600 Quilt
What is 1,600 inches long when it starts and
finishes 48” x 64”? The Jelly Roll 1,600 Quilt!
This fun way to make a super-fast quilt top is
always popular if you’re making for charity or
donation, or if you need a new group activity for
your next guild Retreat.
All you need is one Jelly Roll and a spare hour and
you’re done!
You may like to shuffle the order of your strips if
there’s several of the same pattern/colour
together, or you may choose to leave them in the
order they come in, and see what this effect has
on your quilt top.
To start, sew all strips end to end with a 45
degree diagonal seam (like when you’re joining
binding strips together).
Then, cut 18 inches off one end and throw that
piece away. Doing this means that the diagonal
joining seams will be randomly scattered over the
quilt top.
Next find the start and end of the long strip. Place
together with right sides together and start
sewing! This will be your longest strip. Sew to
the end, cut the jelly roll strip and finish that
seam.
Now repeat exactly what you just did. Find the
ends and sew them together, so your new pieced
strips are now 4 strips wide.
Repeat this process a total of five times to finish
your quilt top.
Press all seams in the one direction and trim to
even the sides. You may want to add a border
before quilting and binding, or you may even
want to applique a suitable design onto your
pieced jelly roll background.
If you’d like to see a video of this, check out the
Missouri Star Quilt Co’s video at:
http://youtu.be/2bEJLnaZQOU
PROJECT – Crossed Swords Quilt Pattern
By Rose Smith from www.ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk
This quilt became something completely different when I sewed all
the blocks together. It may seem to have a lot in the design, but each
step is relatively simple.
The quilt finishes at 48 inches square and you will need 1 ¼ yards of
red fabric, 1 yard of white and ¾ yard of green.
Cut the following:
* 100 red 2 ½ inch squares, 32 green 2 ½ inch squares, and 72 white 2 ½ inch squares
* 24 white rectangles 6 ½ inches by 2 ½ inches.
* In 2.7/8 inch squares you will need 48 in both red fabric and white fabric, and 32 in both red and green
fabrics.
Use the 2.7/8” squares to make half
square triangles in the pairs listed above.
Lay two squares with right sides together.
Draw a line along the diagonal. Sew a
1/4" seam either side of the drawn line
and cut between the seams to produce
two half square triangle units.
Lay the patchwork out in ten rows of ten
patches. The top five rows and the
bottom five are the same as each other
but reversed.
The white rectangles are placed together
to form squares. Make four of these
blocks.
The first five rows are shown in the first
photo and the last five rows in the
second.
Sew the patches together in rows and then sew
the rows together to make the basic quilt block.
You need 4 of these blocks.
There are several layout options. One of these is
shown in the second photo.
Other layout options are shown here, made by
rotating the blocks to get a different overall look.
All are quite attractive but the design that I liked
best is the one shown at the start with the large
squares forming a circle.
I chose a piano keys design for the quilt border.
Cut 1 ½ inch strips of white, red, white, green
fabrics and sew the strips together lengthways to
make panels.
Press and cut at 4 ½ inch intervals as shown,which
will give you squares. Sew ten of these squares
together as shown in the second photo for each
edge of the quilt.
Sew one strip of piano keys border to the top and
the bottom of the quilt.
Make the cornerstones using two white and two
green 2 ½ inch squares sewn together to make a
four patch square. You need four of these. Sew
one to each end of the two remaining strips of
piano keys border and sew these to the sides of
the quilt.
Quilt and bind as you like to finish.
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About the Author: Rose Smith was born and brought up in Zambia in Africa. She moved to the UK when she was 18 and now
lives in Shropshire, indulging her passion for quilting and sewing. She has sewn all her life - ‘anything that stood still long
enough’ in the words of her children - but now finds that patchwork and quilting have taken over her life. She indulges this
passion by posting patterns and tutorials on her website for all to share. www.ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk
AMENDMENT for Last Issue: Thanks for your great magazine. I was reading the article “A Yarn about threads” and thought “that’s not
correct” when I read this:
Keep in mind that needle sizes work like dress sizes which is the opposite of how thread works. The lower the size on the needle the smaller
or thinner it is, and the lower the weight of thread the thicker it is.
Then I realised that Bev was talking about Machine Needle sizes. I was thinking Embroidery/Tapestry/Chenille/Milliners/Quilting needle
sizes where the opposite applies - the higher the number, the smaller the needle. – Regards Val L.
Hints and Tips From Brannie
By "Brannie" Mira-Bateman
or "Here comes the Bunny-Cat. Didn't you know I
was sewing and needed help?"
My Quilty Mum and Dad went away to visit those
little people again and left me with Uncle Ken.
Now it's Robbie this and Robbie that. I'd like to
meet him. He sounds delicious!
He fed me, but didn't give me as many pats and
cuddles as I'm used to. I was so-o-o pleased to
have them back. I've done a lot of smooching
and purring, but I am a bit sick of hearing about
"Robbie".
There are a few bunnies outside here that I'd like
to catch, too. I want to be the only "Bunny" in
this house though. There was even a song on the
music thing about rabbits. It went on and on
about "Bunny, bunny, bunny..." Sheesh! Too
much altogether!
Apparently Auntie Jody has a small rabbit called
"Robbie".
Now, my Mum calls me "Bunny" quite a lot - I'm
sure it means she loves me.
I think I will curl up on the batting pile for a
while. Mum is talking to herself and sewing little
bits together again. She can do without my help
for a bit.
As in: "Hello Brannie-bunny. Have you been
having a nice sleep?"
Apparently it's going to be a 'table runner'. I'm a
pretty good floor runner, but she can't mean
what that sounds like. I'll wait and see.
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From Kimberly Jolly at www.FatQuarterShop.com
We're pleased to be able to bring you a selection
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Modern, graphic, youthful and fun, we hope the
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Make hip quilts, camera printed camera bags and
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Shop the full collection of yardage and pre-cuts,
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Flowers, paisley, dots and gingham, Calliope is full
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Whether picnicking on a quilt or twirling in a
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Mary Jane’s Glamping fabric collection celebrates
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Maybe a mixture of banana yellow and
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Project – Redwork Easter Mat
From www.QuiltBlockoftheMonthClub.com
It’s Easter, and who doesn’t love
Easter Eggs?
OK so they’re not chocolate, but
we think our redwork stitched
eggs look quite tasty anyway.
We turned ours into a dinner
plate sized table mat, but feel free
to use our stitchery design on a
table runner or quilted
wallhanging if you’d prefer.
The diameter of our mat is 10½
inches.
You Will Need:
About a 1/3 metre/yard plain white fabric for top and backing (for a mat about the size we made)
1 Skein bright red embroidery floss (We used DMC 321)
Piece of light-weight fusible pellon measuring at least 12 x 12 inches square
35 inch length of matching braid or trim to sew around the edge
Water-erasable fabric marking pen
Stitchery:
From your white fabric, cut a square measuring at least 12 x 12 inches. Using your window or a lightbox
trace the attached design, centred on your fabric.
Carefully fuse the pellon to the wrong of your fabric, and stitch the design in backstitch or stem stitch.
You could stitch the whole design in two strands of thread, but to add a bit of depth to ours, we used
three strands for the big centre egg, two strands for the next layer of eggs, and a single strand for the
eggs in the background. You may like to work yours with a variety of colours on the eggs too.
The dots are colonial or French knots.
When your design is completed, hand-wash well in cold water to remove the pen marks. Press well.
Assembly:
We used a dinner plate for the shape of our mat. On the wrong side, centre the plate over your design
and trace around the outer edge. Trim on that line.
The easiest way to finish your mat is to cut another 12 inch square from your white fabric, and lay the
stitched circle on top, face down so that right sides are together. Pin around the edge and sew a ¼ inch
seam most of the way around – just leaving a 4-5 inch gap to turn it right sides out.
Trim the backing square to match the sewn circle shape and carefully clip the seam allowance at about ½
inch intervals so the mat sits flat when it’s turned.
Turn right sides out, tuck in the seam allowances at the gap and pin well. Press.
Finally, lay your ric-rac or braid on the outer edge and carefully topstitch around the circle. This will also
sew the gap closed as well. Tuck under the end of the braid and sew over to finish.
* If you want a fatter mat, or one to use as a trivet, just add a layer or two of batting in the centre and
quilt around a few egg shapes to secure it all together. You would be able to just bind the edges then
too.
Download the stitchery design template at:
http://www.quiltblockofthemonthclub.com/download.php?file=redwork-easter-mat.pdf
Do You Really Need A Sewing Machine Cabinet?
By Erin Lynn Rhodes
Whether you've had your machine for a while or
have just pulled it out of the box, everyone who
uses their machine with any regularity eventually
finds themselves asking if it's time to get a real
sewing machine cabinet.
few additions like drawer dividers and spool racks
would make them just as effective as a cabinet.
There's only so long your family will let you get
away with taking over their desk, the dining room
table, or even the kitchen counter as workspace
for all of your fabric, patterns, and notions.
A true sewing cabinet often has a recess or well
that the machine can fit into so that the needle
plate is flush with the table top of the cabinet. A
cabinet may also have drawers and shelves for
storage and even specialty racks to hold spools of
thread.
However, there are also desks, computer
stations, and tables that can be used as a sewing
table and they may come with drawers, too. A
No matter what, clearly you need some sort of
permanent work station. If even a few of the
following statements are true for your situation,
you probably should consider buying something
and a cabinet may be the answer:
need to get sleeves or pant legs around the free
arm of the machine.
1. I need to have the workspace of the
machine flush with the table top of my
work area.
2. I am going to sew often enough that
having special cabinet features geared
towards sewing would help me work
faster and more efficiently.
3. I have absolutely no designated work
space for sewing right now and it is
causing a problem.
4. I won't consider my craft room complete
without a true sewing machine cabinet.
5. My notions, accessories and tools are
spread all over the place with no true
"home" of their own.
If you already have a designated work space for
all of your sewing projects and your machine has
a nice home of its own, the fact that it's not an
actual sewing machine cabinet shouldn't be
reason enough to go buy something new. You
might just need a few more organizational
solutions to keep your supplies at hand and you'd
have the perfect arrangement.
Quilters, for example, often prefer to have a table
with insert so their machine needle plate is flat to
the top of their table. This lets the quilt sit flat
while being worked on and can prevent the
excess fabric from dragging on the part that's
currently being sewn.
Anyone who makes lots of clothing or does a lot
of clothing alterations may not get as much
benefit from a flat working surface because they
However, if you find yourself having to constantly
move around your house in order to get any
sewing done because your machine is stored in
the closet when not in use, maybe it's time to
look for a better solution. In that case, don't think
the only answer is a cabinet. There are lots of
ways to create a great place for you to work.
About the Author: Learn how to find great deals on new and
used sewing cabinets and tables by following these steps: Read
More Here. You can also compare popular machines side by side
here: Visit the Site .Article Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Erin_Lynn_Rhodes
Book Review
By Annette Mira-Bateman from www.QuiltBlockoftheMonthClub.com
Almost all sewing machines have a wide range of
decorative stitches available now. These stitches
are designed to be used in place of hand
embroidery.
Karen Linduska's book explores the use of these
stitches in a fascinating way.
There are 11 separate projects clearly illustrated,
but you'll be inspired to try her techniques on
wall hangings or quilts of your own.
“Creative Uses for Decorative Stitches”
By Karen Linduska
The explanations and photos in Karen's book are
very clear. She discussed the use and thicknesses
of threads, machine tension, the use of stabilizers
and the placing of different patterns in ways
you've never dreamed of, to create very
interesting flowers or leaves.
You could work several of Karen's projects to
create an interesting wall of designs, but I think,
once you've experimented with her techniques,
you'll be wanting to add original stitchery
elements to your quilting blocks.
Don't worry if you can't draw. Just follow the
instructions and you'll soon be sewing wonderful
pictures with these very creative techniques.
"Achieve Machine Quilting Perfection
on Every Quilt You Make . . .
While Learning How
How to Make the Most of Fat Quarters,
Fabric Scraps, and Fabric From the
Bolt"
"Creative Uses for Decorative Stitches" by Karen
Linduska is available from AQS Publishing, P.O.
Box 3290, Paducah, KY 42002-3290 or through
www.AmericanQuilter.com
Machine quilting made easy!
Your friends and family will be amazed to see what
you can do with small bits of fabric, whether they
come from brand new fat quarters or cut up shirts
from the thrift shop.
http://www.how-toquilt.com/machinequiltingperfection.php
Recipe – Spiced Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
Spiced Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
(serves 16)
1 ½ cups milk, warmed
2 sachets (14g) dried yeast
¼ cup caster/white sugar
4 cups plain flour
1 tsp mixed spice
½ tsp ground cinnamon
60 g /3 tsp butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup Dark CHOC BITS
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp water
1. Preheat oven to 200°C, grease a 23cm square
slab cake pan.
2. Combine milk, yeast and sugar in bowl, cover,
stand in a warm place 10 minutes.
100 g Dark Melts, melted
3. Sift flour, mixed spice and cinnamon in bowl,
rub butter into flour. Add yeast mixture and egg,
mix to combine, cover, stand in a warm place 40
minutes or until dough has doubled in size.
GLAZE:
1 tsp gelatine
4. Knead dough on well-floured surface until
smooth, add Dark CHOC BITS, knead until evenly
distributed.
5. Divide dough into 16, form into balls, place on
prepared pan, cover, stand in a warm place 10
minutes.
6. Bake 20 minutes or until cooked. Cool buns on
wire rack. Brush warm glaze over buns.
7. Pipe Dark Melts to form crosses on top of buns.
Glaze:
1. Heat all ingredients in pan without boiling until
dissolved.
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“Thimble of Soil”
A Woman’s Westward
Journey…Life and Quilting
in Pioneering Times by
Linda Hubalek
www.LindaHubalek.com
Reader “Show and Tell”
This month we continue our regular segment of
“Show and Tell” quilts made by our Online Quilt
Magazine Readers. It’s been a busy month too!
We will include them as long as you can send
them to us, and that way we can all share in the
wealth of creativity and inspiration abundant
within our quilting community.
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“I'm enjoying your magazine and would like to
share with you one of my 'step out of my comfort
zone projects'. I decided to make three very bright
quilts for my granddaughters using the same
materials with slight block alterations. I then used
each girls name as the all over quilting pattern.
Then I used some of the left over fabric to make
them a matching cat cushion. “ Maureen M.
Mary E. made our Online Quilt Magazine 2012
Mystery BOM –
“I really enjoyed doing it. It gave me the
opportunity to try some things I had never done
before, like cut up blocks and sew them together
in a different combination, and making a
reversible quilt!
Thanks for doing it!”
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WOW!! What a wonderful
number of Show and tell
Quilts this month!
Keep it up quilters!!
Jacqueline B. from Belgium has been busy lately
too, and here’s a couple of her latest quilts:
“I thought you might like to see the bag that I
made from the Olive Hobo Bag that I downloaded
from one of your bag cd`s. Instead of a zip I put a
little flap with a buttonhole in it & I sewed a nice
button onto the bag. I made it for a friend who
loves anything purple, so I made it with purple
featured fabric & lined it with a dark purple
fabric. “ – Vivienne B.
“This is my first "Art Quilt", which evolved when I saw a
photo of the "Painted Desert" by friends. I really enjoy
your magazine and glean many ideas for my quilting.
I have an extensive stash, collected over many years,
anticipating many quilts in my mind.
I had the photo of the painted desert (on the quilt)
enlarged onto material and used some complimentary
whole cloth, with the addition of applique for the tree
and ground plants, as well as enhancing the colour of
the soil.” - Leona B.
“I made these bargello
quilts a few years ago;
the wall hanging from
the left-overs of the bed
quilt.” – Rajele W.
“I made this wall hanging for a missionary couple
in our church - thought it might be pretty enough
for you to include in your show and tell section.” –
Judy C-H
“I thought I would send you photos of the 3 items
I made from friends as their Christmas present.
As you can see, two of the recipients just love pink
and one loves cats, as well. The cushions are
different on each side, with buttons to close the
opening in the back. The apron I made was a big
hit too!” – Katharine S.
Block of the Month
This Month’s Cross 13 Block is fairly easy to piece
together and has a great effect when completed.
You could use it for a feature block, a border or
repeated whole quilt block as well.
To make this 12 inch block as shown, you will
need 5 different fabrics, and once you have
rotary cut the pieces according to the Cutting
Diagram, you can piece them together as shown.
Today’s Tips:
“I save all my used dryer sheets. I use them to
applique. I draw the pattern on the right side of
the fabric. Place the dryer sheet on top of the
right side. Pin in center of design. I sew all around
the pattern line. Slit the back and turn inside out.
It gives a nice finished edge and ready to
applique. Also adds a fresh scent to the quilt for
awhile.”
- Barbara D. , Inverness Florida USA
------------------------------------------------------“Our church has been making quilted wall
hangings. We needed a 12 1/2 inch template.
We only have 1 quilt shop and it didn’t have that
size.
To order online adding postage made it almost
$30.00. I remembered that I had a portion of
plexi-glass from making a window in my shed.
I drew the outline using a carpenters square (my
dad’s) and cut it out with the little dremel tool. I
also marked a line through the center for lining up
the middle of quilt squares.
Works like a charm and cost me nothing but
time.”
- Shirley D. Dawson Creek BC,Canada
------------------------------------------------------------A ‘classified’ Ad….
Lonely Quilter seeks Man with interest in fabrics and
an ability to show appreciation for quilting.
Own machine an advantage. Must be able to cook,
clean and help pin quilts.
Please send picture of sewing machine.
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Remember to send in your handy hints and tips to
share next month too…!
YES, We Want to Hear From
You!
"Quilt-y" Quote…
Really I don't dislike to cook, but
what you cook is eaten so quickly.
When you sew, you have something
that will last to show for your
efforts. ~Elizabeth Travis Johnson
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