76. Wild Quilting! Textured Applique

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

3 Responses

  1. Jessim says:

    Did you already explain what you did for the body of the Goddess? Is that just a textured fabric? It is such a cool look.

    Very neat video- I haven't tried anything like this before.

  2. Leah Day says:

    Hi Jessim – The body for this version was covered a bit in Trapplique Part 1, but I didn't explain it step-by-step so here's the rundown:

    Layer fabric with Texture Magic and batting and quilt with any design (I used Stippling on a 1/4" scale). Shrink the fabric with steam according to the Texture Magic directions. Mark the shape for the body and cut it out.

    Hand baste the piece in place on your quilt. Stitch it in place along the edges, then use a huge zigzag to seal up all the raw edges of the piece.

    Really the Texture Magic is the key to how I did this body section. It's pretty cool stuff, and the effects change completely depending on how wide your quilting is, what design you use, etc.

    Enjoy!

    Leah

  3. Suzanne says:

    Hi Leah,
    Do you use water soluble thread in both the needle and the bobbin?

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