by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Couching is a form of embellishment done on the top of a fabric with yarn, cording or ribbon. This material is laid out on top of the fabric it needs to be attached to and then sewn down with either a straight stitch or...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Small projects lend themselves very well to this technique of no binding flip and quilt finishing. What exactly does this mean? To start there is no binding on the finished piece. Instead the piece has been sewn...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. What is fussy cutting? It is when a certain part of a pattern in a piece of fabric is cut out. It can be as small or as big as you like. Fussy cutting allows you to manipulate what part of the fabric design is going to...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. I am working on the art quilt for the Women’s International Art Show which opens next week in Orillia at the Orillia Museum of Art and History. The museum has been newly renovated and we are very excited to be one...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. I finally added a border to my dahlia quilt. Not quilted yet though – just the border added. I often have to ponder the border options for sometime after I make the quilt centre – these things often take...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Delectable mountains seem to be a quilt block that many tend to shy away from – I think it is those diagonal lines in them that make them look intimidating. Really though it is quite simple. All it is is drawing...
