Quilting Applique Books
quilting applique books Creating a Memory Book or Memory Quilt for Your Child A memory book celebrates your baby or child's life in a visual way. You can do anything you want when you make a memory bo...
quilting applique books
Creating a Memory Book or Memory Quilt for Your ChildA memory book celebrates your baby or child's life in a visual way. You can do anything you want when you make a memory book. The easiest start to make one is merely to get a three-ring notebook or photo album and make pages of photographs of your child and your family. Show a record of her or him growing up. You may also want to add some extras like a snippet of hair from the first haircut, their hospital bracelets or footprints, first samples of their drawing, pictures of their friends, report cards, certificates and awards from school, etc. You could also write little anecdotes of things your child did or said. With a memory book you need to make a decision at what point you will pass it on to your child. You can avoid this decision by having two memory books – one for you to keep always and one for your grown-up child. Another way to do it is to wait until your adult son or daughter seems to be settled in their first house after college or after their marriage or first child. Another way to preserve memories is to make a memory quilt. A memory quilt can be a blanket or a wall hanging. You collect items of clothing as your child outgrows them. You cut the clothes into squares of the same size and save your collection until you have enough to make a blanket or wall-hanging. You can also use pieces of blankets or sheets. Be sure you cut a sample that is not worn thin. On blankets and sheets the outside edges are usually in the best shape. For clothing you would avoid the area covering the knees or the seat of the pants. Another way to make a memory quilt is to use all new fabric with a different approach. You could make each square a representation of some part or event of a child's life. Each square would be embellished by appliqué, embroidery, scanned pictures, iron-on letters, fabric paint or whatever you like. You could ask important people from the child's life to contribute a square or two and to sign their square with their name. Whatever you decide to do, you should have fun with it. The value of the gift of a memory book or memory quilt is not in the expense of the materials or the expertise in its construction. It is about creating a gift of memory and showing your child you love them. About the Author Gabriella enjoys sharing family and parenting advice. She also builds websites, including her latest at monogrammed diaper bags, the OiOi diaper bag and the JJ Cole diaper bag and other popular diaper bags. |
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How to Make Quilting Appliques
Making a quilt applique is similar to writing a book. Work with what you know. I know that sounds trite because it is familiar to you. You need to understand that what is dull to you will be exciting to another. What is familair to you will be unusual to another.
For those of us who do not want to work with the dull and familiar let your creativity shine and introduce a new twist to a common subject. Have you ever been caught expressing "why did I not think of that?" Well, designing an applique pattern is your opportuity to express what you think.
An applique pattern can be any object that you wish to use. Start with a simple drawing. As you become more advanced in quilting then you may wish to make future drawings more complex.
It is not the drawing that is the issue, it is sewing techniques, choice of fabrics, cutting techniques, choice of threads and needles, gluing and pasting, and other no sewing aids or tools that will be used. The applique design needs to be workable with the quilting fabric that you will be stitching. Machine stitched appliques are preferred over hand stitiching for stability.
Before drawing your applique design, you will soon discover that you need to think backwards before you sketch. Ask yourself what stitching will be used to outline the figure, what types and colors of fabric will be used, what threads are to be used or if not using threads are you considering needle punching?
It is important that as you take all aspects of the quilting construction into consideration. Design a workable sample to be sure that your creative mental thoughts can be physically accomplished. Place your applique on adhesive paper, or water soluble stabilizer, or quilting fabric to test ease of application and sewing.
Notice how many ideas can be used for designing applique patterns. One thing that I like to do is to look at coloring books for young children. You are able to find many ideas on how to simplify the drawing that you had in mind.
As you know it is not uncommon for adults to be baffled as to how to simplify. We need to become childlike in our thinking in order to create unique and simple applique designs.
Have you given thought why creating something simple is difficult? I have discovered that when I have to create a simple design it becomes complex in the thinking process because that simple drawing needs to make an accurate statement to tell a direct and truthful story. Quilting is accuracy; there is no room for vagueness.
The applique can be decorated with various machine stitchery, embroidery, sequins, beading, cording, and other decorative trims for added beauty.
Envision yourself being able to design original appliques. Visit the hobby page of Tricia Deed at http://www.Infotrish.vpweb.com/ and review Quilting Gems. Do not forget to download your free quilting patterns.
About the Author
Through the years I have learned to be a jack-of-all-trades and maybe mastered one. Because my interests are many, diversity has been the road most traveled. Currently my interest is hobbies which I have combined with my internet marketing business.