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October 19, 2016 By Mandy 5 Comments

New Pattern in the Shop! And a Sneaky Marking Technique

I am delighted to present Midwinter Mandala available as a PDF download in my shop.I have had this idea for a snowflake design running around in my head for a while now, so when Betz White asked me to participate in “A Banner Year”, a seasonal sew-along project for our School of Wool Facebook group, […]

Filed Under: Applique, Construction, embroidery, Patterns, Technique of the Week Tagged With: #schoolofwool, #SOWabanneryear, Applique, embroidery, hand embroidery, School of Wool, slow stitching, wallhanging, Wool Applique, wool felt

December 3, 2015 By Mandy 1 Comment

A Christmas swap!

I’ve been in an improv quilting bee for the last couple of years, to get my improv skills some exercise, called ModQimprovB.  The ladies in the group helped contribute made-fabric for one of the projects in my book, and I am so grateful for their friendship. Although I have been more an absentee member this year […]

Filed Under: 31 Day Blog Challenge, Applique, BERNINAusa, embroidery Tagged With: machine embroidery, Secret Sewing, Urban Threads, Wool Applique

June 9, 2015 By Mandy 1 Comment

Wool Applique: Freezer Paper Templates

  This free wool applique project, a monogram for a small monogram for  a pillow or wall hanging, teaches you some basic techniques that I like to use for wool applique.  In it, I will share how I make and use basic freezer paper patterns and some of the little details that help make your project […]

Filed Under: Applique, Tutorials, Wool Applique Tagged With: Applique, freezer paper template, monogram, Wool Applique

February 14, 2015 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Can’t sleep, so I’m stitchin’

Blanket stitch, when everyone else is in bed. I have a tutorial all written, but it may have to wait until after QuiltCon.

Filed Under: Wool Applique, Works in Progress Tagged With: blanket stitch, Wool Applique

January 28, 2015 By Mandy Leave a Comment

Working on “Share Your Handcrafted”

Over on her blog, Alison Glass posted about “Share your Handcrafted“, where in the days leading up to QuiltCon, people can work on and share projects made with her fabric line Handcrafted.  I usually don’t have time for challenges, but this time around, I had some projects that I wanted to do with her fabric […]

Filed Under: Applique, QuiltCon, Wool Applique, Works in Progress Tagged With: Alison Glass, Applique, handcrafted, share your handcrafted, Wool Applique

January 19, 2015 By Mandy 8 Comments

Wool Appliqué: Finding your wools and threads

When I first kicked off the idea for this series on wool applique, I had not factored in final book edits and the Christmas longarming rush!  I’m finally getting back to a more organized schedule, and have been longing for the chance to work on some of these new projects that have been percolating along […]

Filed Under: embroidery, Wool Applique, Works in Progress Tagged With: Applique, beginner, beginning mandalei, wool, Wool Applique

November 8, 2014 By Mandy 1 Comment

Introduction to Wool Applique: Part 1

For the last few years, I’ve been a member of a quilty friends’ group and an art quilt group.  I think I may have written about them before, because they are just an amazing group of women.  I’m the youngest by about 20 years, which means I just soak up all the combined quilting knowledge […]

Filed Under: Wool Applique Tagged With: Learning Wool Applique, Wool Applique

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