New Article and TIPS on how to use the *Ruler Tape* for hand-quilt and a Beaded Binding

 

*Dye Transfer Sheets* Part TWO

My latest article is out in Quilting Arts Magazine. This is the second part of the article where I show you how to obtain positive and negative designs with my original technique *Dye Transfer Sheets*.

I love to hand quilt and would like to share some tips that help me with this particular project. 

As you can see, I have white and red-orange backgrounds so I wanted to find a way that I can easily be guided on where to put my hand-stitches. For that I found a wonderful product (I am a very happy customer) called: Ruler Tape

This tape has an adhesive back that is easy removable without leaving any glue residue. And best of all has imperial and metric markings making it ideal for measuring and marking your projects, in this case the quilt shown above.

One of the stitching lines was used to guide the first placement of the ruler tape. After the first line of stitches were applied beside the edge of the tape, the tape was peeled and placed against the new hand sewing line and continued this way. You can use the same piece of tape several times.

Take advantage of the markings to change the distance between stitching lines.

How the *beaded* border was done?

Oh I had so much fun putting the finishing touches to this art quilt! Let me show you step by step.

After the binding is finished, from the back, insert your needle and thread between the binding and backing hiding the knot inside the binding and pulled it out in the middle as show in the photo above.

Insert a bead, make a loop forming a *buttonhole stitch* piercing all the layers just under the binding.

Repeat as shown in the photo until you have the desired length. In the sample quilt the beaded edge was applied in three different areas. I hope you will try and play with all these techniques!

The first part of the article was published on the Fall issue of Quilting Arts magazine. Also I had a second article in the same issue called *Gossip Backgrounds*

In this article, I show you how to easily mark your backgrounds with lettering and liquid paint.

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*Sheer Paper-Cloth* Ornaments

*Bell Tents*

On the 15th year of the ANNIVERSARY issue of quilting Arts Magazine , under my article entitled *Sheer Paper-Cloth*, I demonstrate how to make a pliable and soft material that is easy to sew by hand or by machine. It was also demonstrated on Quilting Arts TV - episode 2106.

 

This technique is good not only for making art quilts, but also to make ornaments to decorate the house, especially now that we are in the Holiday season.

 

Once you have your paper-cloth ready, follow the next instructions to make a "bell tent":
 

1) Cut one piece from Sheer Paper-Cloth and iron interfacing in the back.







2) Draw and cut the pattern below from copy paper.

3) Trace the pattern on the right side of the Sheer Paper-Cloth (I usually use a mechanical pencil for this task but for this demonstration I used a black marker). Make sure you leave 1/2 inch of bottom border.



4) Cut circles from the contrast color areas of the Sheer Paper-Cloth and paste them with glue as shown

 

5) Select a dark color of 28w Aurifil cotton thread and load your sewing machine. Choose a free motion foot and drop the feed dogs.

 

6) Sew on the 1/2 inch space you left at the bottom of your traced shapes as shown in the picture below to go from shape to shape.

 

7) Select Aurifil Lana 12w thread for your hand embroidery. I love the bold marks these threads leave with simple stitches.

 

8) Once finished, cut around each shape.

 

9) Sew from the top dot to the straight edge. When you are ready to sew the third piece fold the opposite side as shown below (side view).

 

10) (Top view) You can see below the left side already sewn on both sides. It is folded to make room for sewing the right and third side.

 

11) After having finished sewing with your machine, each top side should look like this. Starting and/or stopping at the dots. Leave a small opening.

 

12) Cut a 14 inch long piece of thread. Tie up a jingle bell with a knot in the middle.

 

13) With the help of a tweezer pass both threads from the inside through the middle hole. It helps to rest the jingle bell at the edge, as shown in the picture, to have the right length of the thread.

 

14) Insert a little button on the top. Make a doble knot and apply a drop of rubber cement to the back.

 

15) Now that you know how to make one *Bell Tent*, why not make more and share them with your family and friends to spread some cheer throughout the season?

 

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My latest article is out in *Quilting Arts Magazine*

*Quilting Arts Magazine*...my latest article

 

My newest article appears on page 22 of the latest Quilting Arts magazine February/March 2020 issue. Here I show how to do *cheesecloth skins*, a technique I have been using for years in my work.

 

 

Learn how to work with this translucent overlay. This issue is packed with many ideas on how to use unusual materials in your art quilts.

 

This is the cover photo. Art by Jill Kerttula.

 

 



*NEW Article* and Part Two of the International Quilt Festival

 

 

My latest article is out. I am on page 51in the magazine Quilting Arts December 2019/January 2020. In my article I show you how to make an inexpensive and durable stencil so you can add a new layer of color of a polka dot design to commercial or hand-dyed fabric.

 

Photographs above shows samples of dotted fabrics and the cover of the magazine.

 

Now, as I promised...Eye Candy from the International Quilt Festival:



 

 

Being and Time by Natalia Lashko

 

 

Detail- Edo Spring by Masako Sakagami

 

Texas boy with Fish by Carolyn Skein

 

Last Huntly Aberdeenshire by Kathy Whitby

 

 

Foxgloves at Widnsor by Sandra Mollon

 

Hanok by Mikyung Jang

 

Two Friends by Gabrielle Panquim 
 



Jubilation by Ellen Lindner

 

The Sum of Seasons by Chang Misum

 

 

These two last quilts by my dear friend Vanessa. I am so proud of her! She has a
wonderful BLOG

 

From the exhibit *Quilting as Therapy* Behind the Mask by Glena Gordon

You can read more of Quilt Festival HERE

 

Go and visit Off the Wall links for more eye candy!

A Peek inside *My Studio*

Artwork by  Maria Dzreeva

 

My studio *on a budget* was featured in the latest issue on Quilting Arts Magazine . I am on page 20!

This issue is full with wonderful articles.

 

*My Latest Article with Paper and Fabric* in Quilting Arts Magazine

*Gossip Birds*

a paper and fabric quilt

 

My latest article is out! I am on page 26 in QUILTING ARTS MAGAZINE -April/May 2018- Issue 92.

 

This article is entitled "A Way With Words", and shows on how to incorporate magazine clippings into an art quilt and on how to foil and sew paper on fabric successfully.

 

I had fun using DECO FOIL SHEETS

The best thread to use with paper and fabric quilts is LANA AURIFIL since it is delicate and strong and at the same time leaves bold marks of color and texture. 

detail

and here it is the article with my quilt!

I hope you try this technique and have as much fun as I did.