Sew Bright Blog

I finally finished the sample of ‘Willow’. This georgeous cushion was designed by Kellie of Don’t Look Now. I love free motion quilting and haven’t done any on my Bernina for a while as I normally do the larger quilts on the quilting frame. I decided to do this pattern as a class and therefore wanted to make a sample as per Kellie’s instructions. I must say it all came together fantastically. I even bought a pair of the rubber gloves Kellie suggests and thoroughly recommend them to anyone who is doing free motion. I’m not sure why, but wearing the gloves and the grip they give makes you relax your shoulders and helps to create smoother quilting. I was so excited to finish outlining all my shapes, that I trimmed the cushion top before noticing that I hadn’t quilted the background. Oh well!That will teach me for not reading the pattern properly. I think it looks fantastic anyway! Anyone who wants to do this project as a class, just let me know and I will schedule you in.

Kellie also has an offer on at the moment for anyone who purchases any of her patterns from her distributors. Just come in and purchase a pattern, email your receipt to Kellie and she will put you in the draw to win a free pattern of her “Thankyou Cushion”.

 

We had Linda Tucker from Country Dyeworks here on the 21st January for a hand dyed fabric workshop. The ladies who attended had a great time, most dyed around 12m of fabric. We all did a rainbow of 21 colours and a couple of short colour runs. Linda will come back in October as a part of ‘Stitch & Quilt in Bright” to tutor a class called “Strip tease” which is based on the Ricky Tims Harmonic convergance method.