Freeform Embroidery
Indian Edging, Needle Weaving Bar and Triple Palestrina are crowding the Freeform Embroidery.
Crazy for Crazy
The paisley got a grid and some sprigs.
After I showed the two buttonholed rings last Wednesday, I got a lot of questions about how I managed to interlock them. That was an easy trick! I simply joined two of these spring key rings, and stitched the Buttonhole Stitch around each of them.
As you can see I couched them down with the same Perle thread, but will redo that with something wider - maybe ribbon embroidery ribbon - to cover the joints.
Log Cabin Challenge
I have cut the fabric into strips and now have a pile of logs.
There are also a few sheets of gold fabric, fused to interfacing. That gold will be used only for the centre piece, golden fire in the hearth!
Do you think I will ever be able to stitch as fast as Yoko Saito?
8 comments:
Isn"t she fantastic? So fast and neat. No wonder she is a master.
That log cabin sure seems to go a lot faster when the pieces are not measured and marked and cut first. I am not sure I would get blocks to go together without more planning.
That's an ingenious solution for the rings - well done!
Interesting video, thanks for sharing.
Your additions are beautiful.
And you're starting on cutting 'logs', exciting!
Yoko does amazing work doesn't she? She's not in a hurry, maybe confidence is a good word for her work.
Thanks for sharing the video.
If I randomly cut the fabric, my log cabin block would look lopsided and wonky. She is truly amazing. My first Tokyo Quilt festival, I saw Yoko Saito using her little blue roller, the best tool I have ever bought.
That is an amazing video - thanks for sharing. The cutter ring is genius. It was so nice to see such a video with really good clear English translation! So much about what I see and experience here, in terms of quilting, is lacking because I don't understand the language!
I loved the video! I've never been able to use that leather thimble... I should try it again. I also was very impressed with that thread cutter that I've seen but don't have myself. If I did more hand piecing I'd really like to use that!
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