I'M A COVER GIRL!!
Annie's new book is now out!
When I first saw it, I was so
intrigued by the cat steps quilt
by Charisma Horton, that I
completely missed that I
am on the cover too!
I have had these little
witches in my files for years.
They are so much fun to play
with. If you aren't a fan of
paper piecing at this moment,
you soon will be:)
The three witches, Weyward Sisters,
are characters in Shakespeare's play,
Macbeth that resemble the
3 Fates of classical mythology.
This was the first Shakespeare
I ever read and it fascinated me!
YES, I know I spelled them wrong
but wayward has that added meaning
that quilters tend to associate
with paper piecing.
It gets a bad rap, it really does:)
Now for a peek behind the curtain....
First we need some fabrics!
I kept it to 'read as solids'
since it is a smaller piece.
The witches have faces done in
embroidery and I am a fan of
stabilizing my background
when possible.
This is Pellon's P44F, light-weight
iron on stabilizer.
I wanted the block done first
so I removed that one section
to use as a template for my
cutting the stabilizer.
Once fused in place and
the face traced onto the front,
I did a basting stitch
along 2 sides of the block
to hold remaining paper
in place until I was
ready to remove it.
Removing it is super easy
since I used a long stitch.
Clip every 5th stitch and pull.
Time for quilting designs!
I am not good at this step and so
many times I have printed
multiple blocks to draw on.
This time it went relatively quickly
once I knew I didn't like the
wavy one above and preferred
the spiky one below, it was
time to get quilting!
I decided to keep mostly
straight line fills vs. going
for curved lines to
offset / compliment the
sharp lines of the blocks.
I was very happy
with my decisions.
All quilted on my domestic
machine because it was
little and doable.
And don't forget that
easy little flange for
just the right
pop of color!
Until next time~
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