You are fabulous! I love your frugal attitude and I love the fact that you rescue old blocks that someone has put hours of work into. Keep up the good work and I will follow you to the end of your days.❤
That red and white sampler is lovely! I'm not much of a hand-quilter, so I admire your skill at that. Also thanks for the ideas about an orphan block quilt. I have a few orphan blocks (of my own making; I've not looked for any elsewhere); those ideas will help me put them together into something cohesive.
Sue, I'm so glad I found you! I, too, love scrap quilting and have to say I chuckle at our shared outlook on being frugal. I think it may be a generational thing but am delighted to say that there are some young people now following the path we have charted for them. Less means more:the less you spend, very often the more you can make. So we'll done. You articulate your thoughts very well. I look forward to more of your videos.
Thank you for sharing. I must gather up my orphan blocks to see how many there are. Some are 30 years old! I’ve never made an orphan block quilt but you have inspired me to do so!
Greetings from Canada. Just found your channel and I am really enjoying your videos so far. Your hand quilting is Beautiful. I don't have the patience to hand quilt, I want to get it finished. I love to work with scraps also and make blocks and quilts for charity quilts at the Guild I belong to. I enjoy this and feel that I am making a difference to someone who needs a hug. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to your next video. ❤
Hello, Zoe from Tasmania Australia here. I'm very new to Quilting & I'm enjoying your Videos very much. You have inspired me to take pride in my workmanship & to strive to be the best Quilter that I can be. Thank You so very much & I look forward to watching more of your inspiring Videos. Warmest Regards, Zoe 🙂
I love your videos. You are “real” and I love that you are frugal. That’s what draws me in to your world. Beautiful orphan top in progress. And the red and white one--gorgeous!!
Checking in from Western Australia this morning. I enjoy your process, and I’m a thrifter of fabric and love saving scraps too. I have come to enjoy hand sewing so much. Loving your work.🇦🇺
Your quilts are absolutely beautiful. I am totally in awe of the fact that you hand quilt each one. You are inspiring me to do something with all my little scraps. I collect men's shirts also but I haven't gotten the nerve to cut them up yet 😊
I love your decisions you made on the orphan block quilt. And thanks for all the sharing and education to do for us. Cheers from Minnesota. Oh and kudos to your personal videographer!
Another lovely podcast.....I love the orphan block quilt, it is amazing that blocks that are so different can come together so well. Thanks for explaining your process. I too am looking forward to seeing the red and white quilt. Thank you
Just discovered your channel & I can tell we are kindred spirits on scrappy quilting, frugal use of fabric scraps & finding great sales & prices on fabrics, etc. You are so very creative & the quilts are beautiful❣️ Can’t wait to see the finished red quilt 😊
I just watched you for the first time. I just made an orphan block back for a quilt that is all scraps. I thought I had enough for a yellow and blue quilt, but I ended up including some blue and white, and white and blue. I think the top looks quite good, but the orphan block back is a little crazy looking. I did vertical rows, and used sashing between some of the larger blocks, and a small sash top and bottom the get all of the rows to be the same. then I did a border. My sister is going to come over to help me pieces three large pieces of batting, then help me sandwich it. I'm going to try hand quilting (big stitch) for the first time. Thanks for showing me your orphan block at just the right time!
I literally gasped when I saw your orphan block quilt! You are going to have so much fun quilting that one! I remember using polyester batting when I started quilting. It was easy to hand quilt, but when I discovered cotton/poly blend in the 90s, I never looked back.
I have a ton of orphan blocks and since watching your channel, I've gotten them out and sorted them by size, like you do. I love the way you explain your process for putting them together. Sometimes I get overwhelmed when I have too much "stuff" and then I just put it back in the box and don't do anything with it. Thanks for the inspiration :)
It really is true-- you have to start somewhere! It can be a lot of fun just to get them out and play around. They certainly don't fit together as easily as blocks made all the same size-- it can be a challenging project. If you start with your larger blocks you'll need fewer to make a full quilt, which would be a bit more manageable.
Can't wait to see the finished red and white quilt, love the classic with a twist vibe it has. Thanks for your explanation of the orphan block quilt process. So interesting!
You did a wonderful job on the layout of the orphan block quilt. They are not easy you found symmetry in the layout and I think that is key to these quilts being successful.
You are very welcome. Yes, you are inspiring. All the things you do right from the beginning has inspired me to hand quilt a quilt again. I don't know when.tho. But i'll get there. Have a happy day!!!
Thank you for the video. I always enjoy learning new things that you make. I should send you my orphan blocks because my sister would not let me toss them, or maybe I should make an orphan quilt.😂
Hello Sue, your orphanquilts are beautiful! In my country, the Netherlands, there is not much quilt-related to be found in thriftshops. I wish I could join you to go to the 25 cent market ...Thank you for your inspiring videos, Jo 🌻
Thanks for the inspiration…you give me ideas…I’ve been feeling stale lately! I’m trying to get knitting done for Christmas and a hooked rug finished..have a pile of quilts that need bindings…
Bonjour madame. Je suis époustouflée par votre inventivité et votre créativité ! Votre travail est splendide et la courtepointe en attente sur votre sol est magnifique. Merci pour les explications que vous donnez sur votre manière de travailler. Régine 🇫🇷🥇
Hi! I very much look forward to your channel. I got you very first show and have followed since. I'm definitely not frugal as my stash is humongous, however I use my stuff even if it is 45 years old. It's just colors to me. Yes, I really have a problem with saying no to myself. Love your work. It makes me carry on with my golden oldies with pleasure. I like your style sense. See you next week.
Hi Sue - I’ve found you because someone on the Last Homely House FB group mentioned your channel. We retired to Millersville from Virginia about 2-1/2 years ago and I’ve been passionately quilting for almost 30 years.
Hello. It’s lovely to see your updates. It gives me a little boost to see a new post from you! Orphan blocks look lovely together - it’s not easy to piece together. Best wishes from Scotland 💫
You're right, the orphan blocks are not always easy to fit together. It's a lot of decision making, and a lot of squaring up. But it's enjoyable work for me, and every orphan block quilt is totally unique. Thank you so much for joining me in my sewing room!
I’m new to your channel and I’m so happy to have found you. You were recommended by someone on an English channel I watch but I live in York, Pennsylvania! Now I have to catch up on your previous videos! You do beautiful work!
Love your channel. For marking I use Crayola washable markers. I’ve never had any issues using them and the price is good, especially at back to school time.
Hello and thank you so much Sue for your beautiful quilts. I love traditional quilts and quiltblocks since I started quilting in 1980 as I was in the USA for a 2 1/2 stay. I'm so glad I found your chanel. Happy quilting from Switzerland
I'd love to see other ways you use the bits of leftover batting. I've been saving mine for small stuffed animals but I have yet to make one! You might be one person sewing in your own little space, but on youtube you are now in my little space too and definitely inspiring me. My example today is that I love trying new block patterns and usually make a whole quilt of it, but there are still SO many quilt blocks I want to try making! Now considering: pick a color theme and make a whole bunch of different new blocks using at least one of the same colors in every scrappy block, then put it together like you do your sampler. Or do full scrappy and use the same background for all of the blocks. Not sure which would work better Maybe both simultaneously. That sounds like a fun project to work on between quilts:) I've also never used baptist fan for quilting so I might try that on my scrappy browns with aqua quilt once it's pieced. Never enough time for sewing!!
Hello, I just found you on here. I really like the binding information and storage idea. This was very nice to watch. I do scrappy quilting and hand quilting also.
I really look forward to your videos, Sue! With the price of quilting cotton increasing each year, it's important to find more frugal ways to pursue our favorite craft. You are very inspiring in that regard, and I thank you!
I have tried them, but I bought ones that are fatter and that kept me from using them. These Leonis ones draw a slimmer line, so I've just kept with them.
Cute ducky! Do you have any other unique pincushions you could show us? I love your orphans, and closeups of them at the end❤ Eager to see the red & white one with the surprise on the back
Yes, I have lots of pincushions, and I'm sure we'll show them at some point! The red and white quilt is finished now, it will be in the next video... I hope you like it!
A sewing friend mentioned she uses a chalk line with the snap line carpenters use. I'm a little seceptical weather or not it will wash out, Have you ever used it ? I supose I could try it on a piece of scrap lol
Yes, I just used one. I got it online, and it's just a standard carpenter's tool. However, you DO need to be careful about what kind of chalk you put in. I'm sure some of them could stain. I used a white chalk, and it was to mark a cut line, which then got covered anyway when I put a border on. So I'd say it's worth a try, but I'd test it on a scrap before using it on a quilt. You could also use string and mark it with tailor's chalk. I have even used a chalk pencil specially made for marking quilts, and it did not wash out. So always test it first!
A few people have asked to see some hand quilting, so the next episode will show how I do it in a little detail-- but it is on a quilt which I am quilting with straight lines. I'll try to keep the baptist fan suggestion in mind, as I'm sure to use it again before long! It's a beautiful design.
I, too am a Baptist fan lover. Where did you find such a large template? You also have inspired me to start making strips of small pieces. Love how you incorporate them in your quilts.
The stencil is from The Stencil Company. I usually find them at quilt shows, though you can order them online. So happy to hear you're going to try crumb piecing!
Ooh you use the stencil for your baptist fan. How do you use it to make sure your fans match up. I just purchased one for the orange peel, and am trying to figure how to line it up. Wonderful quilts but the floor and I know longer have a sustainable relationship.
I start with the stencil in a corner, at the top left, and work left to right and top to bottom, like writing. With some patterns you have to be more precise, others are more forgiving-- I think the baptist fan is more forgiving. Mine is not perfect! Sometimes I have to elongate them by a few stitches to straighten things out. The stencil has partial fans along one edge, which you would place over your marker lines when tracing your next section. I know what you mean about the floor-- basting really takes a toll on me these days.
@@fromsmallthings509 Thanks for your reply. I normally use a hand made ruler with holes for my baptist fans. I have at least 2 quilts to hand quilt before I get to the one I want to use the stencil with not including the one I'm working on now.😆
First video I've caught of yours. What fabric line are the cute little storybook type critter blocks from in your orphan block quilt? They're so cute 😭 Ooop...never mind. I was able to do a screenshot and found at least one is a vintage hankie...so cute!!
Hi Sue, what kind of sewing thread do you use for your hand quilting? I am just curious on the weight. I have done some decorative quilting but it's more decorative than functional lol.
If they were dark blue, I would use a white chalk pencil. So on a navy and white quilt, I would alternate using white chalk and blue marker. But you can't mark too far ahead with chalk, because it will rub off as you move the quilt around.
I sew to paper too - here are the various reasons I might choose it when piecing little bits. it helps keep the sewing even and straight and keeps it from stretching out wonky as it is being sewn. I also leave it in as stabilizer until sewn into other projects before removing. It can be used from back as the cutting lines to make strips all the same width very easily without worrying I might line ruler up and miss that something is very short and too far off the ruler - as long as it fits over the paper, it's long enough for the project.
You are fabulous! I love your frugal attitude and I love the fact that you rescue old blocks that someone has put hours of work into. Keep up the good work and I will follow you to the end of your days.❤
You've become one of my favorite RUclipsrs 🤩🌟🌟🎉🎉🎉
That red and white sampler is lovely! I'm not much of a hand-quilter, so I admire your skill at that. Also thanks for the ideas about an orphan block quilt. I have a few orphan blocks (of my own making; I've not looked for any elsewhere); those ideas will help me put them together into something cohesive.
I’m happy to have found your channel. Your voice and presentation are genuine. I appreciate your approach to practical quilting.
Sue, I'm so glad I found you! I, too, love scrap quilting and have to say I chuckle at our shared outlook on being frugal. I think it may be a generational thing but am delighted to say that there are some young people now following the path we have charted for them. Less means more:the less you spend, very often the more you can make. So we'll done. You articulate your thoughts very well. I look forward to more of your videos.
Thank you for sharing. I must gather up my orphan blocks to see how many there are. Some are 30 years old! I’ve never made an orphan block quilt but you have inspired me to do so!
Greetings from Canada. Just found your channel and I am really enjoying your videos so far. Your hand quilting is Beautiful. I don't have the patience to hand quilt, I want to get it finished. I love to work with scraps also and make blocks and quilts for charity quilts at the Guild I belong to. I enjoy this and feel that I am making a difference to someone who needs a hug. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to your next video. ❤
Hello, Zoe from Tasmania Australia here. I'm very new to Quilting & I'm enjoying your Videos very much. You have inspired me to take pride in my workmanship & to strive to be the best Quilter that I can be. Thank You so very much & I look forward to watching more of your inspiring Videos. Warmest Regards, Zoe 🙂
I love your videos. You are “real” and I love that you are frugal. That’s what draws me in to your world. Beautiful orphan top in progress. And the red and white one--gorgeous!!
I love to watch you, I love quilts, blessings from England.xxx🐝🐝🐝
Welcome, so glad to have you here!
Your red and white quilt it amazing. Makes me want to do hand quilting for the first time,
Thank you-- go for it! Start with something small, it does take some time to do hand quilting. I hope you enjoy it!
Beautiful tips and quilt❤
So beautiful....blocks!!!❤ SueAnn from Idaho
I’m inspired to get my orphan blocks out and put them together, I loved the way your rescued orphans looked!
Yes, please do it!
Thanks for showing us the orphan blocks quilt. It’s fabulous. I remember when you first showed us. You are so fabulous.
Checking in from Western Australia this morning. I enjoy your process, and I’m a thrifter of fabric and love saving scraps too. I have come to enjoy hand sewing so much. Loving your work.🇦🇺
Your quilts are absolutely beautiful. I am totally in awe of the fact that you hand quilt each one. You are inspiring me to do something with all my little scraps. I collect men's shirts also but I haven't gotten the nerve to cut them up yet 😊
Thank you so much! The first time you cut into shirts is a little scary, but the finished quilts are SO worth it! I hope you dive in.
I love your decisions you made on the orphan block quilt. And thanks for all the sharing and education to do for us. Cheers from Minnesota. Oh and kudos to your personal videographer!
I’m really enjoying your channel! Thank you for all your tips and for sharing your projects!
You're very welcome! I love how quilters are so willing to share their knowledge with others.
I enjoyed your video today and as always so utterly amazed at your hand quilting. Thank you for sharing your quilting journey with us all.
Another lovely podcast.....I love the orphan block quilt, it is amazing that blocks that are so different can come together so well. Thanks for explaining your process. I too am looking forward to seeing the red and white quilt. Thank you
I love how orphan block quilts are each so unique, and have their own personality in the end. Thank you for watching!
Just discovered your channel & I can tell we are kindred spirits on scrappy quilting, frugal use of fabric scraps & finding great sales & prices on fabrics, etc. You are so very creative & the quilts are beautiful❣️ Can’t wait to see the finished red quilt 😊
I just watched you for the first time. I just made an orphan block back for a quilt that is all scraps. I thought I had enough for a yellow and blue quilt, but I ended up including some blue and white, and white and blue. I think the top looks quite good, but the orphan block back is a little crazy looking. I did vertical rows, and used sashing between some of the larger blocks, and a small sash top and bottom the get all of the rows to be the same. then I did a border. My sister is going to come over to help me pieces three large pieces of batting, then help me sandwich it. I'm going to try hand quilting (big stitch) for the first time. Thanks for showing me your orphan block at just the right time!
I love your sweater!
Lovely work. What a fun video
I haven’t been sewing since Feb. my corner is filling up with projects haha
👋 Chris Ont 🇨🇦
Hi, Sue. Your orphan block quilts are truly lovely. I enjoyed watching your presentations. Looking forward to the next vlog, Cydney from Nebraska.
Thank you!
I literally gasped when I saw your orphan block quilt! You are going to have so much fun quilting that one!
I remember using polyester batting when I started quilting. It was easy to hand quilt, but when I discovered cotton/poly blend in the 90s, I never looked back.
I love your orphan sampler design ✂️🧵🪡
I have a ton of orphan blocks and since watching your channel, I've gotten them out and sorted them by size, like you do. I love the way you explain your process for putting them together. Sometimes I get overwhelmed when I have too much "stuff" and then I just put it back in the box and don't do anything with it. Thanks for the inspiration :)
It really is true-- you have to start somewhere! It can be a lot of fun just to get them out and play around. They certainly don't fit together as easily as blocks made all the same size-- it can be a challenging project. If you start with your larger blocks you'll need fewer to make a full quilt, which would be a bit more manageable.
Thank you so much for sharing! Your love
for scrappy quilts is a blessing! I can't wait to see the finished handwork you have done!
Robin
I am a new subscriber. You are just sweet as can be and you share a wealth of knowledge. Great video and I look forward to more. From Kathy in NC
Thank you so much!
You do such beautiful work! Love this channel.😊❤
Your work is beautiful! Thanks for sharing all the tips and tricks. I just learned to spray water on a quilt that won’t lay flat. ❤
Can't wait to see the finished red and white quilt, love the classic with a twist vibe it has. Thanks for your explanation of the orphan block quilt process. So interesting!
The red and white sampler is done now! I love how it turned out.
You did a wonderful job on the layout of the orphan block quilt. They are not easy you found symmetry in the layout and I think that is key to these quilts being successful.
Thank you so much! I agree, it takes quite a bit of rearranging and changing out of blocks to find a configuration that looks balanced.
Your orphan red block quilt makes me happy.😊
Me too! It's finished now, and it came out just how I wanted.
Hello Sue❤️so niece to have found you here on youtube ❤️best regards SAN from Sweden
You are very welcome. Yes, you are inspiring. All the things you do right from the beginning has inspired me to hand quilt a quilt again. I don't know when.tho. But i'll get there. Have a happy day!!!
I'm so glad to hear that-- happy quilting!
Love your videos. Helps my day. Thank you
Ps. Your 1998 quilt is fabulous. I wish you would at least with fabric pen on your quilts
Thank you for joining me in the sewing room!
Enjoyed the video. New to quilting but I’m giving it a try.
I hope you enjoy it! There are lots of things to learn on RUclips-- just cobble together those methods that work best for you.
Thank you for the video. I always enjoy learning new things that you make. I should send you my orphan blocks because my sister would not let me toss them, or maybe I should make an orphan quilt.😂
Yes, give it a go, make a quilt! It can even just be a small lap quilt-- you'll be glad you did.
Enjoyed your video. Love your red and white sampler. Yes you are an inspiration....I put a red and white quilt on my must make list!
You have inspired me to go down to he barn and retrieve a rubber maid bin of orphan blocks and try to get them into a quilt.
Yes, get them out and play around! Pick a few you really want to work with, and go from there!
Hello Sue, your orphanquilts are beautiful! In my country, the Netherlands, there is not much quilt-related to be found in thriftshops. I wish I could join you to go to the 25 cent market ...Thank you for your inspiring videos, Jo 🌻
Thanks for the inspiration…you give me ideas…I’ve been feeling stale lately! I’m trying to get knitting done for Christmas and a hooked rug finished..have a pile of quilts that need bindings…
Hi neighbor, I’m a scrappy quilt maker from Lancaster. I found your channel while taking a break from my last project.
Bonjour madame. Je suis époustouflée par votre inventivité et votre créativité ! Votre travail est splendide et la courtepointe en attente sur votre sol est magnifique. Merci pour les explications que vous donnez sur votre manière de travailler. Régine 🇫🇷🥇
Merci pour vos aimables commentaires et merci de m'avoir rejoint dans l'atelier de couture!
14:17 oh sue! That oprhan block quilt is amazing!
Thank you! I love putting them together.
I love scrappy quilting and recently found your page and so enjoying your suggestions and beautiful work that inspires us!
Thanks for watching!
Hi! I very much look forward to your channel. I got you very first show and have followed since. I'm definitely not frugal as my stash is humongous, however I use my stuff even if it is 45 years old. It's just colors to me. Yes, I really have a problem with saying no to myself. Love your work. It makes me carry on with my golden oldies with pleasure. I like your style sense. See you next week.
You're amazing!
You are a lovely lady and a joy to watch.
Hi Sue - I’ve found you because someone on the Last Homely House FB group mentioned your channel. We retired to Millersville from Virginia about 2-1/2 years ago and I’ve been passionately quilting for almost 30 years.
Me too! So glad someone on the Last Homely House FB group suggested checking out Sue’s channel.
I love the "Stretching Kitty" and "Hula Girl" orphan blocks! Well, and all of them, actally.
Me too! The hula girls came from a small tote bag which I took apart. The stretching cat is hand embroidered, I got it from a fabric sale.
@fromsmallthings509 beautiful!
Hello. It’s lovely to see your updates. It gives me a little boost to see a new post from you! Orphan blocks look lovely together - it’s not easy to piece together. Best wishes from Scotland 💫
You're right, the orphan blocks are not always easy to fit together. It's a lot of decision making, and a lot of squaring up. But it's enjoyable work for me, and every orphan block quilt is totally unique. Thank you so much for joining me in my sewing room!
I'm so inspired by your channel.Thank you so much
I’m new to your channel and I’m so happy to have found you. You were recommended by someone on an English channel I watch but I live in York, Pennsylvania! Now I have to catch up on your previous videos! You do beautiful work!
Omg I LUV the Mallard!!!! Now i want 1
I look forward to seeing your red and white quilt.
It's finished, and will be in the next video!
Your "design wall, which is actually the floor". Mine is, too. 😂
Haha! My walls are plaster, and hard to hang anything on. Luckily, the carpet works just fine!
I love seeing what you're doing. Its a lot of fun to see projects. I'd also like to compliment your videographer.
Love the Duck pin cushion! Great idea.
Just found your channel..I been quilting since 1983...and I am in SE Pennsylvania...Quakertown.
I just found your channel last week and have really enjoyed it.
I'm so glad!
Love to watch you. Happy quilting!
Thank you, happy quilting to you, too!
Love your hand quilting
I really enjoy the videos en become a member. Sweet lady, nice voice, great tips and she makes very nice quilts. Just love it.
Love your channel. For marking I use Crayola washable markers. I’ve never had any issues using them and the price is good, especially at back to school time.
Hello and thank you so much Sue for your beautiful quilts. I love traditional quilts and quiltblocks since I started quilting in 1980 as I was in the USA for a 2 1/2 stay. I'm so glad I found your chanel. Happy quilting from Switzerland
I love the way you arrange the orphan blocks, you and your projects are an inspiration to me. Thank you so much!!
I'd love to see other ways you use the bits of leftover batting. I've been saving mine for small stuffed animals but I have yet to make one! You might be one person sewing in your own little space, but on youtube you are now in my little space too and definitely inspiring me. My example today is that I love trying new block patterns and usually make a whole quilt of it, but there are still SO many quilt blocks I want to try making! Now considering: pick a color theme and make a whole bunch of different new blocks using at least one of the same colors in every scrappy block, then put it together like you do your sampler. Or do full scrappy and use the same background for all of the blocks. Not sure which would work better Maybe both simultaneously. That sounds like a fun project to work on between quilts:) I've also never used baptist fan for quilting so I might try that on my scrappy browns with aqua quilt once it's pieced. Never enough time for sewing!!
Hello, I just found you on here. I really like the binding information and storage idea. This was very nice to watch. I do scrappy quilting and hand quilting also.
Truly inspirational! I love scrappy quilts
Your quilts are beautiful!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing
So glad to be introduced to you. And wow, I’m from Cranesville Pa. as a child. Love small town PA❤️❤️❤️
There sure is a LOT of thought, and planning that goes into your Orphan quilt!
Sue I love your orphan block quilt! Great job on block placement as it really shines. Just found you and had to subscribe.
Just discovered you! What a treat to have found a minded spirit. I have never found a scrap I could bear to part with 😅
I really look forward to your videos, Sue! With the price of quilting cotton increasing each year, it's important to find more frugal ways to pursue our favorite craft. You are very inspiring in that regard, and I thank you!
You're very welcome! I'm constantly trying to find more ways to be more frugal-- and I'll share them all with you!
Absolutely beautiful.
Give Crayola Ultra Clean Markers a try, they are fantastic
I have tried them, but I bought ones that are fatter and that kept me from using them. These Leonis ones draw a slimmer line, so I've just kept with them.
Love your channel ❤️😁🌹
Cute ducky! Do you have any other unique pincushions you could show us? I love your orphans, and closeups of them at the end❤ Eager to see the red & white one with the surprise on the back
Yes, I have lots of pincushions, and I'm sure we'll show them at some point! The red and white quilt is finished now, it will be in the next video... I hope you like it!
A sewing friend mentioned she uses a chalk line with the snap line carpenters use. I'm a little seceptical weather or not it will wash out, Have you ever used it ? I supose I could try it on a piece of scrap lol
Yes, I just used one. I got it online, and it's just a standard carpenter's tool. However, you DO need to be careful about what kind of chalk you put in. I'm sure some of them could stain. I used a white chalk, and it was to mark a cut line, which then got covered anyway when I put a border on. So I'd say it's worth a try, but I'd test it on a scrap before using it on a quilt.
You could also use string and mark it with tailor's chalk.
I have even used a chalk pencil specially made for marking quilts, and it did not wash out. So always test it first!
Yeah! 💖💖💖💖💖
I’ll bet that duck was a beside the sink sponge holder
Maybe! I thought maybe it was for rings... but it makes a nice pin cushion!
Would you consider doing a video showing how you do your hand quilting and how to use the Baptist fan templet?
A few people have asked to see some hand quilting, so the next episode will show how I do it in a little detail-- but it is on a quilt which I am quilting with straight lines. I'll try to keep the baptist fan suggestion in mind, as I'm sure to use it again before long! It's a beautiful design.
I, too am a Baptist fan lover. Where did you find such a large template? You also have inspired me to start making strips of small pieces. Love how you incorporate them in your quilts.
The stencil is from The Stencil Company. I usually find them at quilt shows, though you can order them online. So happy to hear you're going to try crumb piecing!
@fromsmallthings509 Thank you. Will check it out.
Ooh you use the stencil for your baptist fan. How do you use it to make sure your fans match up. I just purchased one for the orange peel, and am trying to figure how to line it up. Wonderful quilts but the floor and I know longer have a sustainable relationship.
I start with the stencil in a corner, at the top left, and work left to right and top to bottom, like writing. With some patterns you have to be more precise, others are more forgiving-- I think the baptist fan is more forgiving. Mine is not perfect! Sometimes I have to elongate them by a few stitches to straighten things out. The stencil has partial fans along one edge, which you would place over your marker lines when tracing your next section.
I know what you mean about the floor-- basting really takes a toll on me these days.
@@fromsmallthings509 Thanks for your reply. I normally use a hand made ruler with holes for my baptist fans. I have at least 2 quilts to hand quilt before I get to the one I want to use the stencil with not including the one I'm working on now.😆
First video I've caught of yours. What fabric line are the cute little storybook type critter blocks from in your orphan block quilt? They're so cute 😭
Ooop...never mind. I was able to do a screenshot and found at least one is a vintage hankie...so cute!!
Hi Sue, what kind of sewing thread do you use for your hand quilting? I am just curious on the weight. I have done some decorative quilting but it's more decorative than functional lol.
What marker would you use if your fabrics are blue?
If they were dark blue, I would use a white chalk pencil. So on a navy and white quilt, I would alternate using white chalk and blue marker. But you can't mark too far ahead with chalk, because it will rub off as you move the quilt around.
Do you cut your binding on the bias ?
Yes, I make 2" bias binding.
Baptist fan is my favorite too..any idea how that name came about?
Good question!
I don't label either...
Just found uou thanks to someone else on a channel called The Last Homely House.
Maybe I've miseed it, but why sew to paper?
I sew to paper too - here are the various reasons I might choose it when piecing little bits. it helps keep the sewing even and straight and keeps it from stretching out wonky as it is being sewn. I also leave it in as stabilizer until sewn into other projects before removing. It can be used from back as the cutting lines to make strips all the same width very easily without worrying I might line ruler up and miss that something is very short and too far off the ruler - as long as it fits over the paper, it's long enough for the project.
@@vikkirountoit497thank you so much. That makes so much sense!
Oh Sue, please start labeling your quilts again.
I like your videos but your camera is too far away!
Thanks for the input, we're learning as we go!