Do you love batiks? I do! I love the color drenched fabrics with blendy prints. One of these I recently designed with is called
Sweet Wish by Jacqueline de Jonge for Windham Fabrics. Let me show you the collection. I hope you like green and turquoise! (The giveaway is 8 fat quarters of these fabrics!)
The contest is over and I have two winners (one for fabric; one for the pattern).
I'm working with one of my "go to" patterns that I've made almost a dozen times in the past 25 years. It's the cheater's method for
Winding Ways. First, I cut TWO stacks of 25 squares each. The squares on the left are 8" and the ones on the right (using 2 of the prints) are cut 8-1/2".
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Two stacks of 25 squares |
I traced my
Winding Ways template onto freezer paper and then used it to cut out 25 patches. Yes, a lot of work! For some of the patches, I used fusible interfacing (NOT Wonder Under) so that the dark background square wouldn't show through on the top appliqué patch.
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Freezer paper template |
Here are all 25.
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25 Appliqué Winding Ways patches |
I selected a turquoise thread for the top and white for the bobbin for my machine and set the stitch to a zigzag. Then I stitched 25 of these. Yes, it took a good bit of time. I got pretty good about going around those curves and stitching the tips!
Stitching from the back:
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Stitching from the back |
After I trimmed away the dark background print:
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Trimming away the background print |
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25 Winding Ways blocks |
I made another Winding Ways quilt using a Windham Collection called
Lemmikki. Click the link to see my steps. And another one using the
Hand Maker collection. And here's a VERY detailed tutorial which also shows
how to draft Winding Ways blocks.
And, now for the quilt! I think she's so beautiful. Because I used 8" finished blocks, this finishes to 48" x 48". I have plans to quilt this on my Handi Quilter Sweet 16 soon.
Now for the giveaway. I have 8 fat quarters of Sweet Wish as the prize. This is only available for USA residents (postage is prohibitive internationally). Leave me a comment about this post. Make sure I have your email. (Many, many folks who leave a comment are considered "unknown" and I have NO WAY to reply). If you're nervous about leaving your email, then send me an email with Sweet Wish in the subject line and I'll consider that an entry!
If you are an INTERNATIONAL visitor, let me know. I will choose one international winner for a free pdf copy of the
Winding Ways pattern.
Contest is over midnight Saturday June 27 (EST).
Yes, it's over!