stencils in odd places
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Did anyone else receive the felt heart shaped ornament in the mail from the American Heart Assoc? When I opened the envelope the first thing I thought was Wow! this would make a great quilting stencil. It's 3 concentric hearts. Trace these and you would have continuous line quilting stencil and just wave a line of stitching between them. Does anyone else get these strange ideas from everyday things?
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Sorry my computer and camera don't play well together. It's about 3" X 3" heart with 2 smaller outlines cut out inside the larger heart but all connected at the top. Trace each line and its continuous quilting.
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I've used cookie cutters to trace quilting motifs and for my boys' quilts when they were younger, I found simple truck, train and emergency vehicle images on a fold out card at a teacher supply store. I use things like that more often than a regular stencil--who would've guessed?
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I made a Bob the Builder quilt a long time ago. There were open end wrenches printed on the panel. I traced one of them. Made a stencil from a folder and used that to hand quilt the panel in the open areas. It turned out really cute.
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Lids off heart shaped candy boxes, round lids, saucers, plates, etc. squares from dishes, also cookie cutters, odd shaped tins, etc. I even got one from the inside of the door on a car we had. It worked beautifully! Just look around you, there are designs everywhere!
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