ON topic-- How does a wheat field become a thatched roof?

yes do try it by machine! with your skills it will be stunning! I'm the
kind that finds the satin stitch incredibly boring and I hate going round
the corners. I did neglect the stabiliser on this project but fortunately I
am not having troubles with it staying flat or behaving
- its just the slowness and the horrid corners. somehow I have more
patience with 1/2" finished HST's (yes half inch!)

thanks for the offer but I do have some of that stuff lurking somewhere in
my sewing stash area - it's just a matter of tracking it down ;-)

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Jessamy-

Sorry you are being frustrated by machine applique'. I don't have much
choice with my hands not working too well now-a-days, but I loved hand
applique when I was able do it. I always wanted to make a Balitmore
Album Quilt- I still may try it by machine---- someday. I find the
satin stitching to be soothing, but being at the machine for long is
rough on my back. Do you have a really good stabilizer? That can make
a world of difference in how easily the applique goes and how well it
appears. I'd be glad to send you a hunk of the Easy Stitch Stabilizer
that I use. It's just wonderful!

Thanks for the compliments!

Leslie

It's adorable Leslie! Looks like the perfect cottage for a little
faerie family!

Great work!

Hugs and NOEL,
Tina

Leslie,
That is absolutely georgous!!!!!!!!!

Mary in OH

I have that yucky gold fabric too! and the flowers from the garden in
the house. But I still don't get that kind of inspiration or have that
kind of drawing talent :-(

I almost stuck that yucky into the uglies swap and took it out at the
last minute because it sorta goes with some fabric my hubby bought
(all on his own) me from a quilt shop going out of business.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

On 16 Dec 2005 22:43:46 -0800, "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO."
wrote:

Sharon, you *can* do it! The trick is buying fabrics... really! This
isn't something you can go shopping for and find exactly what you need-
grab them when you see them for future use. And sometimes you have to
look beyond the obvious. I added another three pics to this album to
try illustrate what I'm trying to explain:

http://community.webshots.com/album/524164472uVxTfe

I have this semi-yucky, blah-looking gold fabric with black curliques
on it. But it made great hair for an angel and even better ends for
the logs on a log cabin applique. This "nuttin special" fabric is one
I end up using bits and pieces of quite often. Again, you can't just
"go shopping" to find the perfect fabric for uses like this- you need
to buy a little bit of a lot of fabrics. I always am on the lookout
for interesting and unusual fabrics.

Now, dear, would you like for me to email you the cottage pattern and
snail mail some scraps to you? ;-)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

What an absolutely gorgeous block! It ought to be finished all on its own
for a mini-quilt. I'd hang that on the wall with its own little spotlight!
Roberta in D

"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." schrieb im
Newsbeitrag oups.com...
When you turn it upside down, of course!

http://community.webshots.com/album/524164472uVxTfe

Here's where buying fabric indiscriminately is real handy.... I
didn't think I'd ever make a quilt with a wheat field... who knew? ;-)

(Go away, beggers. This block is going to a dear friend. Those in the
know will know by the *color* of the window frames! vbg)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I just ordered Town & Country Patchwork by EQ because I LOVE little houses.
Miniatures (I have all 22 of the Hallmark Nostalgic Houses series), paper
houses, I made a doll house. I love them all. Can't wait till the holiday
rush is over and I can play again.

By the way, your satin stitch is great. Any tips?

Love your work.
Cindy

"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message
oups.com...
When you turn it upside down, of course!

http://community.webshots.com/album/524164472uVxTfe

Here's where buying fabric indiscriminately is real handy.... I
didn't think I'd ever make a quilt with a wheat field... who knew? ;-)

(Go away, beggers. This block is going to a dear friend. Those in the
know will know by the *color* of the window frames! vbg)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Some friends of mine live in one of the few remaining *three* story
thatched roof houses left in England. I was lucky enough to be visiting
one year when the thatchers were there to make some repairs. Until I
looked out my bedroom window to see the bus to Cambridge going by, I
felt like I was in some medieval story book :-)

Very few thatchers left these days, according to the lads working on
that roof. So they find themselves busy nearly year 'round.

Anne in CA
annerudolph AT comcast DOT net
"It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl
Crow
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MB wrote:
Love that block ..have always thought that it would be so neat to live in a
thatched
roof house...! Looks cosy ...Mary


http://community.webshots.com/album/524164472uVxTfe

Here's where buying fabric indiscriminately is real handy.... I
didn't think I'd ever make a quilt with a wheat field... who knew? ;-)

(Go away, beggers. This block is going to a dear friend. Those in the
know will know by the *color* of the window frames! vbg)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Leslie - What a charming little block! I just love it - I wanna live
there!!!

Hugz
Patti in Seattle

"forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has
crushed it"
**mark twain**

Thanks, Cindy!

On the satin stitching... hmmmm... use a really good tear away
stabilizer (I use Easy Stitch and swear by it!), a new needle and
quality thread; make some test sfitches with scraps of the same fabrics
you will be satin stitching- different fabrics, needles and threads
need different settings; pivot on the wide side of the applique (easier
to remember than concave and convex stuff!); pivot every couple of
stitches- just a tad; try to keep the needle purpendicular to the
applique edge- even on curves you can keep it right there with pivoting
adjustments; use the narrowest stitch width you can- larger is more
difficult to keep smooth; whenever possible adjust the applique
pattern to avoid long skinny points and teensy, tight curves; and
practice, practice, practice! ;-)))

HTH

Leslie

teleflora wrote:
I just ordered Town & Country Patchwork by EQ because I LOVE little houses.
Miniatures (I have all 22 of the Hallmark Nostalgic Houses series), paper
houses, I made a doll house. I love them all. Can't wait till the holiday
rush is over and I can play again.

By the way, your satin stitch is great. Any tips?

Love your work.
Cindy

"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message
oups.com...
When you turn it upside down, of course!

http://community.webshots.com/album/524164472uVxTfe

Here's where buying fabric indiscriminately is real handy.... I
didn't think I'd ever make a quilt with a wheat field... who knew? ;-)

(Go away, beggers. This block is going to a dear friend. Those in the
know will know by the *color* of the window frames! vbg)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On 16 Dec 2005 22:43:46 -0800, "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO."
wrote:

Sharon, you *can* do it! The trick is buying fabrics... really! This
isn't something you can go shopping for and find exactly what you need-
grab them when you see them for future use. And sometimes you have to
look beyond the obvious. I added another three pics to this album to
try illustrate what I'm trying to explain:

http://community.webshots.com/album/524164472uVxTfe

I have this semi-yucky, blah-looking gold fabric with black curliques
on it. But it made great hair for an angel and even better ends for
the logs on a log cabin applique. This "nuttin special" fabric is one
I end up using bits and pieces of quite often. Again, you can't just
"go shopping" to find the perfect fabric for uses like this- you need
to buy a little bit of a lot of fabrics. I always am on the lookout
for interesting and unusual fabrics.

Now, dear, would you like for me to email you the cottage pattern and
snail mail some scraps to you? ;-)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
My favourite LQS has three drawers of exciting little plaggy-bags
with offcuts/end of rolls in which are (for UK) quite reasonably
priced, and are neatly folded so you can see what you are getting. Got
some music notes the other day - just right for a long-gone hug!! and
only a small piece as I'd probably never even use a whole fq. Useful
too for those colours you know you would only use if a requested one,
and for the very specialised like stones and bricks

Love your applique - you get your stitching so smooth. I usually end
up pulling mine out and handstitching as it always looks lumpy-bumpy!

--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
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