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Ricky Tims’ extra-wide freezer paper
Being the ever-curious appliquér, I picked up a package of Ricky’s version of freezer paper. Here’s what the package says: Large, ready-to-use sheet — more than twice as wide as standard freezer paper...
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A Baker’s Dozen of delectable quilts
Tasty precuts make great ingredients for A Baker’s Dozen! A Baker's Dozen from the staff at That Patchwork Place Most of the staff at Martingale & Company (parent company of That Patchwork Place)...
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Tea Ceremony
Before the lights went out in San Diego, I was tromping up the aisle, and someone was taking a picture of a quilt. Naturally I turned my head, and then I put on the brakes hard. I can spot my teapots...
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Santa’s Loading Dock
Anybody up for some old-school, not-quick-and-easy, very detailed, completely captivating holiday appliqué? Then I have just the thing for you! Santa’s Loading Dock Quilt by Mary Buvia is this month’s...
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Mimi Dietrich tutorial!
Wow, what a treasure! Over on the Martingale blog Stitch This! there’s a hand appliqué tutorial from appliqué icon Mimi Dietrich. Mimi is the author of many wonderful appliqué titles. In this...
View ArticleWinner, and Penny’s repair
The winner of Nature’s Beauty in Appliqué is Helen Lebrett! Congratulations! Helen, be sure to reply to my email so that I can get your prize sent out to you. I subscribe to the Checker News Blog....
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MVPs, again
Admin note: This is the same post as last time; somehow in the strange badlands of code, there was a glitch that prevented the Comments from working. I *think* it’s fixed now (fingers crossed, toes as...
View ArticleLadder stitch appliqué
I found a nice photo tutorial on Liesl Gibson’s Disdressed blog, showing the ladder stitch for hand appliqué. I’ve never used this stitching method, and I learned something. I’ll be trying it out....
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Straight lines
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Well, that’s what they taught us in 10th grade, but they were talking in terms of abstract geometry. In nature, we don’t see too many...
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Clipping
To clip or not to clip, that is today’s question. Quilting professionals have differing opinions on how to handle clipping. Here’s my personal best advice on the subject. NOTCHES V’s, valleys, inside...
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