Things have been quiet at this blog lately and may be for a bit longer. I am working on another book. It is so exciting and it is a very different topic than Quilt Fiesta. In this book I will be sharing techniques that I have developed and refined over the last 10 years. Needless to say, I don't have much free time to do anything other than write and create. But, I was reading a very interesting blog yesterday. Lisa Call is a quilt artist who has exhibited at the most prestigious quilt shows, including Quilt National. I have admired her for years. Her quilts are very contemporary. She is a prolific quilter AND works full time. She brings her professional technical background to the creative part of her life. The blog I was reading was about how she steams her heavily quilted pieces to flatten them before binding.
Tomorrow I am sending 2 of my quilts out to Colorado for the Denver National Quilt Festival. One of my quilts, Filigree Fantasy has never been seen out in public before. But I have been extremely worried, because I machine quilted it like crazy and the edges were wonky. Take a look!
And I was thrilled to see how flat it was. Thanks Lisa for the giving me the courage.
Looks great, you have to tell me how you did it.
ReplyDeleteOh I have a quilt that I love but hate that with all the quilting it is not flat. Does the binding have to be removed and the reattached? I will try just pressing first.
ReplyDeleteDebbi F
This quilt just took my breath away with and without the wonky.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Gorgeous!!
fabulous quilt- love it!, glad the steam worked
ReplyDeletea little trick I learned is to fold on the bias - keeps fabric from getting the creases from the fold...
How to do: take the corners and fold toward the center (its makes something that looks like the back of a square envelope) plus you can do this for even bedsized quilts by continuing to pull the corners to center until it's the size you want it to be.
I need to remember that....have heard about that technique but need to do it. The quilt looks great even photographed at an angle.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt- it's beautiful, and the steaming worked great. Thanks for posting the pictures.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt! thanks again Cheryl for the wonderful class you taught two weeks ago our guild auction. I enjoyed the day immensely!
ReplyDeleteElaine Mayer
Wow! Filagree Fancy is out there. Looks great. Wing your way safely!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt, Cheryl! Love the colors.
ReplyDeleteNorma H.