Labels

It is important to 'sign' your quilt.

You can do that in many ways.

A label is one way.

Here is a paper-pieced bunny I made in 2004. Love the ear!

Happy Easter.

Feltrinelli in Verona

Ad Maiora and Feltrinelli book store hosted a free workshop this afternoon as a pre Verona Tessile event. They asked me to teach a paper pieced star because the theme for their international juried exhibit is "E Lucean le Stelle" from the opera Tosca.

There were about 40 people attending.

So many people! many first time makers. It was so great!!

The girl working at the store said they had never had that many people for an event and people with such enthusiasm!

We made 6-point stars using the paper piecing method.

The thing I liked the best was the friendships people made during the 2 hours of sewing (it was suppose to be just one hour but everyone was having such fun!)

Corners

If you are using a strippy border for a quilt, you have several choices for the corners.

I made a kind of fan-shaped design for mine.

Start by cutting a square of muslin slightly larger than you need. (The square will shrink slightly when you sew onto it.)

Mark two perpendicular sides with a pencil at the following measurements. (see picture below)

Draw pencil lines from those notches to the 90 degree corner opposite.

Place your fabric covering the middle section on the other side (not on the pencil-lined side), good side facing outward.

Place a second fabric, good sides facing the first fabric. Your fabric is not visible as it is on the underside of the muslin square.)

Sew along the pencil line. (This is how you would sew when paper piecing.)

Iron between strip additions.

Continue to cover the muslin with fabric strips and trim the block to the size you need after the muslin is completely covered.

Attach it to the border and sew it onto your quilt.

Voilà.