International Quilt Festival 2015

 
 I will be doing three demonstrations at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this year. I hope you will join me if you are attending.
*Halloween Creatures*
Saturday, October 31st, Halloween Tricks and Treats Forum from 2:00 -5:00 pm. You will learn to make delightful and spooky folk art Halloween creatures by stenciling and stitching.#760 class
*Wax Pastels on Fabric*
Friday, October 30th, Friday Sampler from 10:00am to noon.#560 class
 
*Add Pizzazz to Black and White Cloth Print with chunky Color Thread*
Saturday, October 31st. from 10:00am to noon. #750 class
 
You can read their catalog HERE.


*Prayer Flag* - October- Breast Cancer Awareness Month

*A Flower for You*
a paper and fabric prayer flag
  
October is -Breast Cancer Awareness Month-  I have friends that are fighting this terrible disease so I decided to make them prayer flags with paper and fabric.
 
Some I made big and some I made small for easier fitting in a card and mailing.
After I put together pieces of paper cloth and fabric I decided to cut some letters out to form words of encouragement and for them to be part of the design. To accomplish this I took out my *Slice* machine and put it to work.

First I ironed on fusible web to the underside of a designer paper. Then I peeled the paper off and with its glue side down, I chose the letter size (in this case I chose 1 inch size) and started to cut.

After I've formed the word, I covered it with parchment paper and ironed it in place.
With the help of a sewing machine I then sewed all around to secure all the pieces in place. Afterwards, I then decided to embellish it.
I used 12w Aurifil thread for some details and...
...beading and paper flowers for other details.

I bought a supported stencil to paint on the backing fabric or on the envelop. All the proceeds from the sales will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research.
You can read more about *The Prayer Flag Project* in this blog

Let's make prayer flags and support our loved ones.

Hand Embroidery and Beading on Stenciled Fabric

I wanted to make a quilt with a simple shape. I chose the apple since it is my favorite winter fruit. My goal was to work with this shape, do some variations to make it interesting, and at the same time end up with a set of cohesive blocks so I can sew them together to make a quilt!

I started designing stencils in my Silhoutte Cameo Machine. I made five different ones. This is the first one in the series.
Colored plain white muslin with paintsticks. Sew strips of fabric around.
With polyester batting underneath, since I'm planning to do trapunto sew around the shapes with Aurifil 12 weight.
It looked like this when I finished.
Then, I used the same thread to add hand embroidery and seed beads for details. Next time I will show you the next block.