tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12735540.post7939253010535923935..comments2023-10-17T06:15:05.920-07:00Comments on Quilting with the Dread Pirate Rodgers! aarrggghhh!: Current Forever Project: needleturn applique - GrapesShelley: the Dread Pirate Rodgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431557867878383150noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12735540.post-90447441304631504862012-06-18T00:56:41.169-07:002012-06-18T00:56:41.169-07:00Quilting Ranny ... ah, don't be chicken!! Nan...Quilting Ranny ... ah, don't be chicken!! Nancy Lee Chong's patterns are wonderful. In fact, you don't actually HAVE to do needleturn applique ... she gives you 3 different techniques (if I'm remembering correctly) to get the project done .. and they're not all hand-work.<br /><br />But, if hand-work is what you really want, then do give her basted needleturn technique a try. I certainly found it a LOT easier than any other hand applique method.Shelley: the Dread Pirate Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13431557867878383150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12735540.post-3849771531520011882012-06-16T22:55:33.216-07:002012-06-16T22:55:33.216-07:00I have 2 Pacific Rim Quilt patterns, but to chicke...I have 2 Pacific Rim Quilt patterns, but to chicken to start! I know about wine grapes as a child we lived in a vineyard owned by a Greek farmer. He gave us some and said eat, they are good and then laughed while we tried to spit them out!Quiltingrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885973879588867172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12735540.post-45639552836566452772012-06-15T12:00:37.905-07:002012-06-15T12:00:37.905-07:00I don't do appliqué very well, or even often e...I don't do appliqué very well, or even often enough to get good at it---I love your grapes! I think the Pies & Tarts english paper piecing is my "forever project" these days--but, my eyes are getting so bad I don't know if I will ever get it finished. Some days I look in the fabric container and think maybe I'll do something else with the pies & tart red, white fabrics instead and give up on doing the paper piecing. Other days I try to convince myself I can do it, maybe not as good as used to. Magnifiers don't seem to help. Going outdoors and stitching by hand does help see the tiny stitches better. <br /><br />I have a quilt pattern taped to the design wall that I'm thinking of starting and making it my "forever project". Just haven't gotten to it yet. <br />I love having a forever project going beside the usual assortment of quilts and UFO's.<br /><br />I sure like yours.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160457872569395644noreply@blogger.com