Hello Autumn Scarecrow Quilt

After an incredibly hot summer, it is nice to see the temperatures dropping to levels that don't make us feel like we're melting. It is definitely time to say "Hello Autumn"!

Hello Autumn

52" x 60"

I used mostly Northcott Canvas from my stash for this quilt.

Pieced pumpkins

Appliqued Dresden and scarecrows.

I love using ThermOWeb products for my applique!

You can find "Hello Autumn" in my Etsy store HERE.

Check out the ThermOWeb blog for more fun projects like this quilt!

Benartex Be The Light Quilt

Benartex has a beautiful line of fabric, "Be the Light" by Kelly Rae Roberts, that I had the opportunity to sew with. I love it! The three ladies, "Be the Light- Angels Light Yellow" (12993-03), called my heart with the sweet faces, colorful dresses, and inspirational words surrounding them. 

The other designs in "Be the Light" have gorgeous butterflies and flowers, bright colors, and colorful stripes. 

It was easy to get creative with all that beauty and make a quilt full of hearts. "Love Me Tender" has plenty of love with all those hearts!

Love Me Tender

47" x 63"

Lots of pretty hearts!

I used my Crafter's Edge to cut the hearts...so easy to fussy cut them! 

Butterflies and flowers

Tonal Stripe Yellow (12997-33) made a perfect binding that looks sweet next to 

my lemons that are getting close to picking time.

I love the Nouveau Dark Turquoise (12995-84) and Nouveau Dark Rose (12995-19) in the quilt!

As always, I used my favorite iron on adhesive, HeatnBond  for the appliqued hearts.

Isn't that a cute little iron by Oliso! 

"Love Me Tender" is a free downloadable pattern you can find HERE.

Check out more fabric designs at Benartex

Thank you for stopping by!

Just A Little Wicked Halloween Mini Quilt

As a designer for ThermOWeb, I love when it's near a big holiday because that means our assignments are usually directed towards that holiday. With Halloween close by (YAY), that means it's all about spooky home decor. I get so excited about Halloween!

"Just A Little Wicked" is hanging out on the ThermOWeb blog today. Check out the blog for all the other Halloween projects you can make!

JUST A LITTLE WICKED

Mini Quilt - 12" x 15"

A witch hat and spider

Potion and snake

This mini quilt is so easy to put together, especially using my favorite ThermOWeb products.

Ironing Heat n Bond Light Weight Non-Woven Interfacing to the wrong side of fabric before adding applique designs gives it stability when sewing, especially when sewing small pieces.

Trace your applique designs on the Heat n Bond Lite Iron-on Adhesive or print it on Heat n Bond Lite EZ Print Sheets.

Once you cut out your applique designs, peeling off the back is a breeze...no scoring the paper to remove it! 

Iron the applique design adhesive side down to the right side of fabric.

Sewing around the edges of the applique designs with a blanket stitch, straight stitch, or zig-zag stitch will hold the fabric in place even when washed. Use black thread for all of the stitching or use threads that match the fabrics. Either way can really accentuate your designs. 

Before quilting, hand or machine embroider designs. You can get as creative as you want! 

If pinning your quilt layers together doesn't sound fun to you, try Spray n Bond Basting Adhesive. Lightly spray the layers of fabric and Stitch n Sew High Loft Fleece to hold them in place. Let dry and it's ready for quilting.

Create corner pockets on the back using two 3½” x 3½” squares of fabric and Heat n Bond Lite Iron-on Adhesive. Follow package directions to iron the adhesive to wrong side of squares. Peel off protective paper and fold the squares in half diagonally; press on fold. 

Place raw edges of folded corners in top corners of wall hanging back; glue in place using iCraft Liquid Fabric Fuse. 

Let dry and baste. 

Add binding using your favorite method. Place dowel between the two corners. 

The dowel hangs easily on a nail on a wall.

You can find "Just A Little Wicked" mini quilt PDF downloadable pattern in my Etsy store HERE.

Halloween is just around the corner and so is the Ghastly Ghouls blog hop.

Email me if you want to play along!

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanksgiving Turkey Dash

Another class is on my schedule for Sew Yeah Quilting, so that meant a new sample of "Thanksgiving Turkey Dash" for the store. I love teaching classes there!

Thanksgiving Turkey Dash

Runner 16" x 40"

That turkey sitting in the truck is oblivious to where he's heading off to...Mom's Diner to be a Thanksgiving dinner! He's a cooked turkey for sure. At least one of them was smart enough to run the other way.

At least one of them was smart enough to run the other way.

I wish you could come to my class, but if you can't (darn!) the pattern is in my Etsy store HERE.

As always, I used my favorite iron-on adhesive, Heat n Bond Lite Iron-on Adhesive. 

A Christmas Gnome And His Dog

When Paintbrush Studios (PBS) offered some of it's fabric to the ThermOWeb designers, I was really excited about the beautiful designs they had to choose from. As a dog lover, I went for the "Happy Howlidays" by Richelle Lynn Garn. It came in a full yard panel of four fat quarters.

Because it is a celebration of gnomes this week at ThermOWeb, I thought I'd combine a gnome with this adorable puppy fabric.

Santa has a tight grip on his puppy...must be a wild one!

There are a lot of adorable puppies in the fabric along with other fun items and sayings. If you look close, you can see some dog bones and Christmas accents.

Adding the applique was so easy thanks to ThermOWeb's Heat n Bond Lite Iron-on Adhesive. The backing easily peels of when you're ready to place it on your fabric.

For stability when sewing small pieces on applique, iron Heat n Bond Light Weight Non-Woven Interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric that will be behind your applique.

There are several stitches you can use to hold down your applique. I like to use the blanket stitch.

I never use pins to baste my quilt together because I love the way Spray n Bond Basting Adhesive holds my layers together. Heat n Bond High Loft Fleece makes a nice and light layer to table mats like "Santa and His Dog."

ThermOWeb has a lot of products that make sewing and quilting so much easier. They also have a blog with some amazing designers of fabric and paper. You should check it out!

Is it Christmas yet?

You can find the pattern HERE.