Episode 16 ~ Fabric Postcards
July 26, 2009 in Quilting 3 Comments »
July 26, 2009 ~ Today we talked about how to make a fabric postcard – Can you REALLY send them through the mail?!
Thank you to everyone who left comments this week. Shout out to Shelbe, Cherry, and Darla! Loved hearing from you.
Debby shared her latest project with us. A CRAZY quilt block. Don’t you love the texture?! I like how she used decorative stitches and the ribbon embroidered boquet. Please leave a comment and let Debby know what you think.
I saw a demo of the Janome Memory Craft 11000 Special Edition. This machine does everything you could imagine. I want one. My first choice would be a Bernina, but the Janome is thousands cheaper and more than meets my needs. Check out the sample they made for Morgan – the machine did everything, I just put it in the hoop, made my choices and hit “start”.
I practiced my free motion quilting this weekend. Here is my practice cloth. By the end I was getting it, but my tension was off – I need the Janome with the automatice tension. lol
I picked up this book at the Flea Market for $3 (original price was $20). It is in new condition with all the pieces. Morgan and I will be working on these projects over the next few weeks.
Question of the Week Results
- What type of binding do you use?
- 28 votes
- 68% said double fold non-bias
Topic of the Week – Fabric Postcards
Items needed:
- Fabric for front and back
- I like the idea of white muslin for the back
- Fusable webbing
- Stablizer – Timtex, peltex, Fast2Fuse
- Thread
- PIGMA Pen
Design
- Can be pieces
- Can be fused pieces on top of background
- Can be embelished
- Can be a combination of all and any
Basics
- Create your design on the fabric front
- Fuse to the stablizier
- Quilt as desired
- Embellish as desired.
- Fuse to the backing muslin
- Finish the edges – I like a nice satin stich in a varigated thread.
Use a PIGMA Pen to write your message, address and return address
Adhere a self-adhesive stamp and mail!
Links to more info
Thank you to BryeLynn for posting my pics and thanks to
the ladies who posted the nice comments about my work.
The hand-embroidered silk ribbon work in the middle was the most time-consuming. It took most of a whole day. Very time-consuming but I just felt the sateen center block was the perfect spot for it. As far as the quilting
is concerned, I’m not worried. I’ll do a lot of free-motion and if the gathered areas are not directly quilted on, it will be fine, since it will be a wall-hanging.
Enjoyed your podcast last night. I had a Janome before I got my Bernina. I sold the Janome to my sister who has yet to use it. That was one year ago. I would like it back. Both machines have their own merits. The Bernina stitch regulator is great. Gives you more self confidence.
I read an article about tension and decided to give the tips a try, Pressure foot should be at a minimum, I put it a 2 and upted the thread tension to 5.75. It was so neat. Worked like a charm. Also talked about bobbin tension but I’m not that brave. I have a Artista 640. Not the most expensive one and except for space to stuff the quilt which isn’t adequate, I don’t feel yet that I want to upgrade. Maybe someday. But husband would only laugh now. Invested in a Horn sewing cabinet and it is wonderful.
Debby your quilt blocks are beautiful. Awesome!!
Good podcast. Thats way too much money for me to consider buying a sewing machine. But the demo looks great.
Debby, I think your crazy quilt block is done super well, and I like the decorative stitches and gathered fabric. I wonder how hard it is to quilt over, or have you thought about how you are going to quilt that section yet?