Deb: I am mostly using patterns that are for paper piecing from two books by Margaret Rolfe. I adapt them for size and round the birds for needle turn applique, and add any details that I think are more realistic looking. It's been working fairly well. I would like to try some of them as paper pieced patterns sometime but not for this particular quilt. I really have trouble with the tiny pieces like the caps of the birds. If you could feel my pieces they are bulky around the points in particular! Oh, well....I'm having fun!
This blog is mostly an archive of my past and present quilt projects. I started "quilting" in 1984 when I made a bluejean quilt for my son. For about 10 years I did nothing but cut 6 inch squares and sew them into small patchwork lap quilts that were very badly made and gave them as gifts to everyone I knew. Never actually quilted any of them...always tied them. My sister, Margaret bought me all the gagets a modern quilter uses....cutting table, mat, ruler, rotary cutter and I finally learned that quilting could be fun. What a nice sister I have! The show "Simply Quilts" was the next step in my quilt education and I learned so much and tried so many things once I began watching. What a blessing Alex Anderson and her show was to the beginning quilter! What I post in this blog is what I enjoy doing! I finally feel like a "quilter" even though I have much to learn and still am not good at the actual quilting process! That's why they invented long arm quilting machines and people who can use them!
Christian, wife, mother, quilter, reader, writer, photographer. My blog title originated when all my blogs were one. Faith, Fabric and Photos is my main blog.
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Where did you find the beautiful bird patterns? I think your applique' skills are very good. Your choice of colors and fabric are wonderful too.
Deb: I am mostly using patterns that are for paper piecing from two books by Margaret Rolfe. I adapt them for size and round the birds for needle turn applique, and add any details that I think are more realistic looking. It's been working fairly well. I would like to try some of them as paper pieced patterns sometime but not for this particular quilt. I really have trouble with the tiny pieces like the caps of the birds. If you could feel my pieces they are bulky around the points in particular! Oh, well....I'm having fun!
I told you already but want to leave a comment here...this one is just perfect.
I love this one! It looks great. Love the chickadee too. Can't wait to see the finish!
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