New Year’s Day Fun at Quilter’s Corner
Posted By drsao on January 5, 2011
There was plenty of fun going on at Quilter’s Corner on January 1st. It felt a little bit like I was traveling in the TWILIGHT ZONE because not a lot of people were out on the roads in the AM – I wonder why (LOL) – but the quilters were up early and were bright and alert and ready to create new wonders!
Catherine started the NEW YEAR 2011 by sporting her SCOTTY NECKLACE – what a wonderful work of art. She even had game pieces from yesteryear on it *does ANYONE remember the little magnetic scotties that kissed?
Catherine and her SCOTTY NECKLACE
I will share a few of the demos from the day! Susan showed us how to set crystals on a quilt for a little bit of pizzazz! It really looked like a lot of fun!
Susan is about to embellish with crystals!
Can you see the sparkle?
And I LOVED the napkins that Susan made with the new Creative Grids ruler that helps you draw circles……..love this ruler. (I will show you the ruler and then the napkins!) You can also make half square triangles and flying geese blocks with it too – and NO LITTLE END PIECES TO TRIM! I love this ruler because it has a gripper substance on the back so you don’t have to add little pieces of sandpaper to keep it from slipping!
Creative Grid WONDERFUL Ruler
OK – so with this ruler you can draw a half circle and then with a few stitches and some strategic folding – voila – you have a wonderful double-layer CHRISTMAS TREE NAPKIN. Of course it helps to use Christmas fabrics. If you don’t want a Christmas tree then turn it upside down and you will have a flower shaped cone napkin. I just have to make some of these! Aren’t they cute?
Christmas Tree Napkins
And I had not seen the “SHRINKY DINK” trick before so I was really impressed with the demo by Chris! Oh and if you go to Quilter’s Corner do not ask for the SHRINKY DINK sheets – ask for TEXTURE MAGIC.
Chris shows us the BEFORE - a normal piece of fabric quilted with Texture Magic
After holding a steam iron above the fabric – it shrivels and makes a wonderful piece of textured fabric that can be made into many wonderful things. I want to do this too!
Steam and shrink
Use the textured fabric to make wonderful things!
HAPPY SEWING AND HAPPY 2011 EVERYONE!
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