Comments on: Auction Quilts http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/auction-quilts/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sandra http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/auction-quilts/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Sandra Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:29:44 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=1062#comment-55 Batiks are great for applique because they give you the color and tonal depth and because they do not fray badly at all. Just make sure you pre-wash intense colors to remove any danger of bleeding. Thanks for the high praise Boop. :o) Batiks are great for applique because they give you the color and tonal depth and because they do not fray badly at all. Just make sure you pre-wash intense colors to remove any danger of bleeding.

Thanks for the high praise Boop. :o )

]]> By: Boop http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/auction-quilts/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Boop Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:48:49 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=1062#comment-54 That's why I come here !!! Your brilliant !!!! and a good cheater too . Batik , that would work great . Thanks ! I have done embroidery thread but only like using that ifthere are other things ,that have embroidery on theem as well . BUT The batik , could help in lots of small pieces. and to think I tried to stay away from batik's when it came to needle turn . That’s why I come here !!! Your brilliant !!!! and a good cheater too . Batik , that would work great . Thanks !

I have done embroidery thread but only like using that ifthere are other things ,that have embroidery on theem as well .

BUT The batik , could help in lots of small pieces. and to think I tried to stay away from batik’s when it came to needle turn .

]]> By: Sandra http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/auction-quilts/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Sandra Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:08:45 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=1062#comment-53 It is really important which fabric you choose. It really does have to be a tight weave. One of the "cheats" as I call them is to use a black batik. It allows you to play and finesse the edges without the fray factor wreaking havoc. Many times a regular cotton gives you only one opportunity to get it right and then you only have threads to play with. When all else fails, satin stitch the eye. Basically takes 5 stitches beside each other of shortening lengths with DMC black 2 or 3 threads. As for your ideas, sometimes mine brew for years. Yes that is plural. Sometimes they are immediate like this morning. Wow it was a good one too! LOL It is really important which fabric you choose. It really does have to be a tight weave. One of the “cheats” as I call them is to use a black batik. It allows you to play and finesse the edges without the fray factor wreaking havoc. Many times a regular cotton gives you only one opportunity to get it right and then you only have threads to play with. When all else fails, satin stitch the eye. Basically takes 5 stitches beside each other of shortening lengths with DMC black 2 or 3 threads.

As for your ideas, sometimes mine brew for years. Yes that is plural. Sometimes they are immediate like this morning. Wow it was a good one too! LOL

]]> By: Boop http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/auction-quilts/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Boop Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:44:52 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=1062#comment-52 your right I do !!!! but it is one that is not coming together in my head . I wish I had your virtual mind though LOL ! If only I could have a " petite primrose" in my head . That eye is really small. You did a great job on it I know how hard that is . I tried but I gave into doing the size of the outer eye and drew the inner , because my fabric wanted to fray . Have you any suggestions as to stop that when working with a tiny pieces ? your right I do !!!! but it is one that is not coming together in my head . I wish I had your virtual mind though LOL !
If only I could have a ” petite primrose” in my head .
That eye is really small. You did a great job on it I know how hard that is . I tried but I gave into doing the size of the outer eye and drew the inner , because my fabric wanted to fray . Have you any suggestions as to stop that when working with a tiny pieces ?

]]> By: Sandra http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/auction-quilts/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Sandra Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:50:04 +0000 http://sandraleichner.com/wordpress/?p=1062#comment-51 Hah!, of course you do Boop. You just said you have "one thing in mind". It is that "in mind" that is your virtual quilt. Once you start it on paper or with construction and then is set out to pasture unfinished, it then becomes a UFO. I count patterns I draw and have yet to start, as UFOs as well. So in Sandra-land, you have at least one virual quilt. LOL Hah!, of course you do Boop. You just said you have “one thing in mind”. It is that “in mind” that is your virtual quilt. Once you start it on paper or with construction and then is set out to pasture unfinished, it then becomes a UFO. I count patterns I draw and have yet to start, as UFOs as well. So in Sandra-land, you have at least one virual quilt. LOL

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