QJ - WATERCOLOR WREATH

QUILT JOURNAL - WATERCOLOR WREATH

Machine Pieced
Hand Quilted
33" x 33"
Started - March 17, 1996
Completed - August 3, 1996

Pattern - Easy Watercolor Wreath
By Sharon Evans Yenter

This was my first attempt at the "Watercolor" technique.

Only three floral fabrics were used in the center section with a white-on-white and some coordinating fabrics added for the corners and borders.

I quilted down the center of the 2" squares to give the illusion of even smaller quilt pieces.

It is one of my favorite quilts and is the quilt I used for the picture at the top of my sidebar.

I did my BEST hand-quilting on this quilt.
I even redid one corner three times to get it right.
The quilting pattern has four feathers on one side and five on the other.
I wanted to make them match the next corner - 5/4 - 4/5 - 5/4 - 4/5.

  I even managed to get 9 stitches to the inch -

It won 1st Place at the County Fair in 1996.

It also won 1st Place in the Ojai Valley Quilt Show - January 1997.
I thought that it was funny that they didn't see the hanging sleeve and hung it sideways.
(My sleeves are usually the same fabric as the backing and are apparently invisible. ;))

Then it was shown on the "Winner's Wall" in the Ojai Valley Quilt Show - January 1998.
That time it was hung correctly. ;))

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And yes - I know that the Quilt Show is tomorrow. ;))

I decided to post my BEST quilt early - today - so that I can host the meeting tomorrow -

and then link back to this post for those who want to see my entry.

See you all tomorrow!



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -

LHQ - Needle-Turn Applique - Basics

LEFT-HANDED QUILTING - Needle-Turn Applique - Basics

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Note - these instructions are written in LEFTISH.
If you are right-handed - just reverse the directions.
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This little demo will show you how I do the basic “Needle-Turn” Applique stitch -

On this sample -
The blue is the appliqué
The muslin is the background
I’m going to use black thread for contrast
I would normally match the thread color to the applique (not the background)

Make a quilter’s knot

Bring the needle up in the appliqué about ¼” in from the raw edge

Use the needle to “turn” under the ¼”
(and you wondered how the stitch got it’s name??)

Take a stitch –
Insert the needle “in” the background/muslin -
directly across from where the needle came “out” of the appliqué -
and point the needle at an angle to come “out” again in the fold of the appliqué a little bit away

Take a couple of stitches

Can you see the stitches?

How about I pull it apart – can you see them now?

And If I pull the stitches tight again – can you still see them?

NO??

Well – that’s EXACTLY what we want – isn’t it??

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Talk to you later – gotta go – gotta sew –