BOM 2018: Morning Glory Bird Details

I love it how these applique shapes take on their own personality as you make them, they end up being proper little characters. I can just about hear this bird chirping with glee. I have a lot of noisy birds in my backyard and I think it's really influenced a lot of my designs. 

 Everyone always wants to see the back of my work, so here it is.

I use Floriani Stitch N Wash Fusible and turn the edges using Elmer's Glue and a manicure stitch. 

If you'd like to read more about my applique techniques, I have a link to all my Applique posts and you can find it on the top banner of this blog page. 

 Glue it into place using liquid stitch

 This is the back of my embroidery stitch for the feet

 and this is what the front looks like.

As the eye fell right on a polka dot, I didn't make a separate circle piece to enhance this area which is what I usually do, I simply pulled a knot for the eye

 and these are my birdy feet in position on the stem

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

BOM 2018: Morning Glory Centre

 Just glue basting my applique shapes into position

 until I'm ready to sew them down

I use Roxanne Basting Glue to do this

Now that I can see my centre in all it's beauty, I'm really pleased I opted for a dark background. I was in two minds about it, and the fabric had some flaws that irritated me, but I'm glad I stuck with it. 

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

BOM2018: Morning Glory, Flipping My Centre!

You know how I went to all that effort and 'pounced' my quilt top centre to transfer the pattern design? Well it turns out I was just overthinking everything, as usual. In fact, I don't even know why I wasted any time thinking about it at all. Because in over thinking it, I unnecessarily complicated it. I'm just one of those people who needs to get stuck in and find ways around challenges on the spot. When I give myself time to think it over, I usually think it into a complicate knot system.

So obviously, the most logical way to transfer the applique design onto a dark background is to first trace it onto transparent paper (I used baking paper which I think is also called grease paper),taped together to get the square size. I traced the design down. Then I pinned the shapes down, reversed.

And I did all this 'automatically' as I was progressing with my applique. It was only once I was half way done that I realized that I didn't need to do it... because I had already pounced the design.

 Yes, really. 

 So anyway, I decided to keep going with it because it just made sense to.

 When all my pinned pieces were in position, I then flipped my paper over

 and wiggled it into perfect placement

 Now, I already had my bias stems in place, so this is why I didn't need to transfer them.

 I lifted the paper, and unpinned the shapes in segments, leaving them in position on the background.

And now I will glue baste them into position for sewing down later. 

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

WOW: 'Love Always': My KFC Vase!

WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays

There's been a decidedly 'Morning Glory' theme to my posts this past week and I've loved it but I have also been working on my Love Always BOM. 

I'm making 3 x LA's and I'm using Kaffee Fassett for two of them. One will be on a white background and the other on a dark background. My 3rd LA will be created on a red and white fabric print. Will I get all three done? I sure hope so. 

It looks like everyday will be a WIP in my house this year, not just Wednesdays!

What's Your WOW?

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BOM 2018: Morning Glory, the Flower Head

I wanted this top blooming flower head to be beautiful.. and I'm not disappointed. 

A sketch is one thing, creating the applique shapes and ending up with a beautiful bloom is another. 

I love bringing my designs to life..

 and now it's time to repeat the process and get the rest done..

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

BOM 2018: Morning Glory, My Vase

My gorgeous centre is really starting to come together. 

I have the zig zag frame down, the bias stems created and now the vase has taken shape.

Next, the flower heads..

I'm loving each step in this beautiful detailed top.

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.

BOM 2018: Morning Glory, the Leaves

When you're making as many leaves as Morning Glory calls for, then you want to really love them!

Here are my leaf shapes, traced straight off the constructed pattern sheet and onto fusible webbing. I managed to source my favourite fusible, which is currently Floriani Stitch n Wash Fusible. I got it from Red Rock Threads which was a huge relief. I'm very grateful to the reader who suggested this shop to me, thank you so much.

This is the thread I used to create embroidery veins. I don't actually have time to embroider these lines, so I'm doing a cheat with my machine.

 Here I am with my nifty sewing machine light, I love this cheap little gadget.

 I set the fabric in an embroidery hoop and stitch the pattern lines from the back

 Like this

You could actually do it from the front, but I'd rather not draw on the front of the fabric when it's already drawn for me on the fusible.

 This is what the front side looks like. I think it works really well and it's nice and quick to create. 

It simply adds an extra textural detail that I love. 

And once I cut the shape out and turn the fabric seam allowance, this is what the back looks like.

 It's a production line..

How are your leaves getting on?

Morning Glory is my current paid BOM. It's an applique and pieced quilt. 

Yes, you can start this BOM today! 

Simply click the quilt image to learn more.