Quick Watercolor Quilt
04-27-2012, 02:43 PM
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I used just plain old featherweight interfacing and placed it on my cutting mat. The measurement grid clearly showed through, so no, you don't need to buy the interfacing with the grid. In fact, the book explains that you can use your cutting mat and ruler to mark your fusible interfacing if you want to, but I didn't find it necessary. Once the pieces are all fused to the interfacing they're not going anywhere and the whole thing automatically folds on the seam lines making it very easy to stitch your 1/4" seam.
I will say this: The seam is "thicker", meaning it appears slightly "puffed up", but I found that to be a pleasant looking thing, and once I did some SID on the squares in the center it actually accented the floral wreath somewhat. I'm just about ready to bind it, then need to add a hanging sleeve and it's done!
05-01-2012, 12:27 PM
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Finished!
Well, as usual, life seems to get in the way of how we want things to go, but I finally got this little beauty finished, just need to tack the sleeve in place and put a label on it. Then it's ready to be shipped out for a wedding gift, a few days late, but I'm sure the recipients will be busy next week. lol
I decided to add corners that seem as if it was a photo from an old-time photo album, using the lilac floral fabric. I'm pleased with the results and took the quilt outside into the sunshine yesterday and ended up gathering a large crowd in the street outside our condo! lol Lots of oooh's and aaaah's, so guess it turned out just fine!
I was very conservative on the quilting of this project, simply because I'm still too chicken to do anything of substance in that department yet. I keep practicing FMQ, but it's slow going, so will just do simple things until I feel more confident at it.
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I decided to add corners that seem as if it was a photo from an old-time photo album, using the lilac floral fabric. I'm pleased with the results and took the quilt outside into the sunshine yesterday and ended up gathering a large crowd in the street outside our condo! lol Lots of oooh's and aaaah's, so guess it turned out just fine!
I was very conservative on the quilting of this project, simply because I'm still too chicken to do anything of substance in that department yet. I keep practicing FMQ, but it's slow going, so will just do simple things until I feel more confident at it.
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05-04-2012, 05:43 PM
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Hi Kathleen,
I used just plain old featherweight interfacing and placed it on my cutting mat. The measurement grid clearly showed through, so no, you don't need to buy the interfacing with the grid. In fact, the book explains that you can use your cutting mat and ruler to mark your fusible interfacing if you want to, but I didn't find it necessary. Once the pieces are all fused to the interfacing they're not going anywhere and the whole thing automatically folds on the seam lines making it very easy to stitch your 1/4" seam.
I will say this: The seam is "thicker", meaning it appears slightly "puffed up", but I found that to be a pleasant looking thing, and once I did some SID on the squares in the center it actually accented the floral wreath somewhat. I'm just about ready to bind it, then need to add a hanging sleeve and it's done!
I used just plain old featherweight interfacing and placed it on my cutting mat. The measurement grid clearly showed through, so no, you don't need to buy the interfacing with the grid. In fact, the book explains that you can use your cutting mat and ruler to mark your fusible interfacing if you want to, but I didn't find it necessary. Once the pieces are all fused to the interfacing they're not going anywhere and the whole thing automatically folds on the seam lines making it very easy to stitch your 1/4" seam.
I will say this: The seam is "thicker", meaning it appears slightly "puffed up", but I found that to be a pleasant looking thing, and once I did some SID on the squares in the center it actually accented the floral wreath somewhat. I'm just about ready to bind it, then need to add a hanging sleeve and it's done!
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