I love the bottom purple fabric peeping through the lighter colors and the bright green. Now the way you arrange the fabrics can change the whole appearance too. Experiment with some small samples first and you can see which way works best for your color combo. I am going to make a full size one of these soon. Oh, best choice is ravel-ee fabrics! How on earth do you spell that, its probably not a word, but you know what I mean. They will fluff out perfectly in the dryer but you may need to change your filters during the process.
Here is a great idea for a quick quilt for a gift or just cause you love it. The instructions said to take 4 pieces of same size fabric, say 1 1/2 or 2 yards of each and pin together. Then sew diagonal lines 1/2 inch apart across the whole top and then cut the top 3 layers between each line of stitches. This opens up all the way to the bottom layer; wash and dry in the machine to ruffle it well and you have a chenille quilt! I love the bottom purple fabric peeping through the lighter colors and the bright green. Now the way you arrange the fabrics can change the whole appearance too. Experiment with some small samples first and you can see which way works best for your color combo. I am going to make a full size one of these soon. Oh, best choice is ravel-ee fabrics! How on earth do you spell that, its probably not a word, but you know what I mean. They will fluff out perfectly in the dryer but you may need to change your filters during the process. The weather here in east TN is so awesome we got to have a fire in the chimaneyo several nights last week and its still wonderful. Its been in the low fifties at night. I love it.
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Karen saucier
8/3/2014 12:45:37 am
You and Bob so good together
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Sharon BuckI have always been an artist and with art quilts I have found a way to combine my two loves of painting and textiles. Archives
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