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Re: Thread for Applique 08 Jun 2012 10:34 #82123

mimi62 OFFLINE Posts: 59	Yes Nancy,I was talking about the classroom lessons. I just thought they would be nice to have on DVD or be able to download in case something happened to The Quilt Show. Thank you Nancy. Jimmie SO SORRY MARGARITA.
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Re: Thread for Applique 08 Jun 2012 06:27 #82109

rehak OFFLINE Posts: 2783 Thank you received: 458	I think she is talking about the classrooms (see "classrooms" tab above) rather than the shows. The show DVDs don't include the classrooms, although they do include short Bernina videos as special features. I haven't seen DVDs of the classrooms themselves. Nancy
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Re: Thread for Applique 08 Jun 2012 06:23 #82108

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I wondered about replying to that one, thank you loise98.
Mimi62, I think you need to find the right place i.e. Topic to post your question, this was Thread for Applique (all done for now!) and then someone really expert will answer you, like Margo. I completely didn't distinguish between classes and series. If you look at the Forum and the Board Index (which is at the top left of this page) there are lots of different Topics, then you have to choose the one nearest to what you want to ask about - or at least that's how I do it - not an expert though - I wander through Blogs and Forums as though they were muddy fields on a foggy day but I love how once you get a subject going each new post goes to your inbox.

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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 19:37 #82092

loise98 OFFLINE Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 267	I don't believe the classes are available on DVDs, only the series. All the classes are available to all star members. I think you have to be a star member to view the classes.
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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 18:22 #82085

Margarita OFFLINE Posts: 142	If you look in the Shoppe all the DVDs of the classes are available by Series. I don't think you can download them but depending on how long you have been a member you can see all the series as often as you like. Am not sure about this though, it tells you in My Account which shows you can watch or send to a friend. Hope this helps.
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Re:classroom lessons 07 Jun 2012 14:58 #82069

mimi62 OFFLINE Posts: 59	Is there any way that we can down load the classroom lessons? If not is there a video of them that we can buy? Thanks, Jimmie
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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 14:31 #82065

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Margarita wrote:

Thanks again, the applique does look perfect - a piece of Sunbonnet Sue? So for a baby quilt one might use raw edge for speed but stitch it down with real (not invisible!) thread and a close blanket stitch so it looks pretty. I made a baby quilt and did some turned edge no fusible and some with fusible because I got fed up and was in a hurry, although I was hand stitching them the fusible ones look kind of stiff, is this what you mean about doing just the edges? Can't show you the photo but I have just phoned the mother of the baby and threatened to go over to her house and take the quilt back if she doesn't send me the wonderful photos she took of it the day I gave it to her!

Yes, by trimming out the center of the fusible, you protect the raw edges, but the centers remain soft without the stiffness you usually get with a fusible.

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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 14:25 #82064

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Thanks again, the applique does look perfect - a piece of Sunbonnet Sue? So for a baby quilt one might use raw edge for speed but stitch it down with real (not invisible!) thread and a close blanket stitch so it looks pretty. I made a baby quilt and did some turned edge no fusible and some with fusible because I got fed up and was in a hurry, although I was hand stitching them the fusible ones look kind of stiff, is this what you mean about doing just the edges? Can't show you the photo but I have just phoned the mother of the baby and threatened to go over to her house and take the quilt back if she doesn't send me the wonderful photos she took of it the day I gave it to her!

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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 11:28 #82053

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Scoopie wrote:

Yup! The edges are not turned under. I'm pretty sure she fused them, and as to how neat that looks, hers is perfect. I think the key here is to use good fabrics, so there is no fraying at the edges.

Okay, Margo, I just saw your post and decided to take a small picture. The problem is the flash reflects off of the monopoly making it look like it shows, when with the naked eye, it does NOT! I'm pretty sure the needle holes in the upper right are because you used a staiblizer under the white so the green would not show through. And, the white is turned under the stabilizer. (Little did you know this would become my inspiration for all of my future applique. And, I have slept since receiving this piece, too.

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Raw edge applique 002.JPG

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

Now I remember the piece, but not the method!

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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 11:15 #82051

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Yup! The edges are not turned under. I'm pretty sure she fused them, and as to how neat that looks, hers is perfect. I think the key here is to use good fabrics, so there is no fraying at the edges.

Okay, Margo, I just saw your post and decided to take a small picture. The problem is the flash reflects off of the monopoly making it look like it shows, when with the naked eye, it does NOT! I'm pretty sure the needle holes in the upper right are because you used a staiblizer under the white so the green would not show through. And, the white is turned under the stabilizer. (Little did you know this would become my inspiration for all of my future applique. And, I have slept since receiving this piece, too.

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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 10:57 #82050

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Margarita wrote:

Little zig-zag stitches on raw edge applique? Does that mean the edges of the applique are not turned under? Were they fused on? I wonder how neat that looks, I cannot quite imagine it!

Margarita, I can't remember the exact applique that Dawn is referring to

(I've slept since then!) but I usually do turned edge applique with the narrow zig-zag.
When I (very occasionally) do raw edge, I usually use a very narrow border of fusible web just around the raw edges, so that the center stays soft.

I do this by drawing the shape on the paper side of the fusible web, cutting the fusible web a scant 1/4" inside the edge of the motif, so that I'm left with a kind of donut shape of fusible. That gets fused to the back of my fabric and the final shape is cut out. That way, there is just a narrow band of fusible to secure the raw edges.
And I don't recommend this for projects that will be laundered a lot.

Dawn, can you tell if I fused the edges???

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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 10:35 #82047

Margarita OFFLINE Posts: 142	Little zig-zag stitches on raw edge applique? Does that mean the edges of the applique are not turned under? Were they fused on? I wonder how neat that looks, I cannot quite imagine it!
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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 10:22 #82046

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I just wanted to say that I am fortunate to have a very small piece of Margo's applique, which she probably had to rush through for this specific project, and yet, it is perfect! I CANNOT see the the stitches, and had to look on the backside to see if it was indeed stitched on the front! It is a raw edge applique, and those little stitches of hers, with the monopoly thread, literally dissapear into some of the fabrics! After seeing hers, I used the same technique on this year's BOM. (And, wished I'd used it on last year's BOM instead of hand applique, because I'd probably be a lot further along!)

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

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Re: Thread for Applique 07 Jun 2012 10:21 #82045

rehak OFFLINE Posts: 2783 Thank you received: 458	Margarita - I think you'll love your open toe foot. I use mine for applique, paper piecing, anything where I really want to see where I'm going. I have an open toe on my walking foot, so that's the one I use for almost everything. But I still use my Bernina #20 foot for things where I don't want the walking foot. Nancy
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