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August 28, 2013 By Mandy 1 Comment

Tree of Life–Wordless Wednesday

Filed Under: Applique, Works in Progress

August 27, 2013 By Mandy 3 Comments

Tree of Life–Work in Progress

A while back, I had written about the quilt commission I had for a tree of life, where I planned to use Rose Hughes’s Fast Piece Applique technique.  In that time, though, I realized that I had envisioned it as a *really* raw edge applique, to be completed on my longarm rather than on my […]

Filed Under: Applique, Tree of Life Quilt, Works in Progress

April 26, 2013 By Mandy 2 Comments

Technique of the week 4/26/13–fast-piece applique

I have a commission for a queen-size raw-edge applique quilt featuring a tree of life.  It’s to be organic-feeling (you know, since it’s a tree), and I want it to have some texture to it as well.  I also have a big quilt planned with some very large gradual curves, and am looking at different […]

Filed Under: Applique, Construction, Technique of the Week, Tree of Life Quilt

April 18, 2013 By Mandy Leave a Comment

My love-hate applique dreams

I love applique.  I have not had enough time to practice it, so I hate it, too, because it never turns out exactly the way I have it in my head.  Just came across this video an applique with freezer paper by Rose Hughes (“fast piece applique” via Martingale) on youtube and think it might […]

Filed Under: Applique, Construction

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