June Dudley makes a water landscape with small strips of fabric. She teaches you how to gather fabrics with a variety of strips to get what you want, and goes into detail about why water color changes and how to make sure your fabric is in order of lightest to darkest value using a black and white photo copy of her fabric.
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Quilt Feathers Patterns and Techniques
Peg Spradlin adds some elegance and beauty to your quilt top by teaching you how to add freeing feathers. Learn how to draft a traditional feather starting with the height and spine. As you become more comfortable with this you will be able to make feathered cables and feathered wreaths.
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How to Choose Fabric for a Quilt Using Fabric Value
Heather Thomas provides essential tips for choosing fabrics for your quilts by using fabric value. Understand the importance of fabric value and how it is relative. See how the value of fabric can impact the quality of your finished quilt. Use these helpful tips to choose the right fabric for your beautiful quilts.
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Quilting with Alternative Fabric
Heather Thomas shows you several examples of quilts that utilize alternative fabrics, or fabrics that you don’t typically consider for quilting, including metals, silks and wools. By varying the fabrics that you use on your quilts, you’ll find that you can create fun pieces that are unique and eye-catching.
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The Right Needles for Your Sewing Machine
Heather Thomas explains in depth the benefits and qualities of each sewing machine needle. These tips and techniques will help you choose the right sewing needle and what needles work well with different thread. Learn the many possibilities associated with specific needles and threads. Use these tips to start sewing more efficiently with different sized…
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Great video and very good explanation of how to choose colors and place the fabrics for the best result. But I didn’t understand how you finished the edge of the piece. Did you square it up and leave raw edges? Would a binding be appropriate or would that take away from the visual effect?
I loved the video and excellent instuctions! This is something I’ve wanted to try for a long time, now I will. It’s not as difficult as I thought. Thank you so much.
Good clear description of the process, she left lots of room for creativity. Just love her embellishing ideas!
Really enjoyed your video I moved to south Wales Uk 12 months ago and live right opposite the sea you have inspired me.into creating my sea and the wonderful ssunset we get. Thank you jan
Thank you so much. This video was so helpful and exactly what I’ve been looking for. After watching your tutorial, I feel confident enough to try it. Thanks again.
Luvit! Clear and to the point. Really like the B&W photo copy idea to help determine color value! Can’t wait to start this project! Thanks so much!