Afraid of Applique? Try a this technique

Published: Thu, 09/08/16

Sunflower quilt
Hi ,

Josh loves sunflowers, the bigger, the better! Sadly it's the time of year when the huge sunflowers have all withered away, but you can always capture their allure of summer with a beautiful applique technique.

One of my favorite ways to create photo-realistic flower quilts is to applique with the technique called No Sewing Until You Quilt It. It's a turned edge applique technique created by my friend Ann Holmes that allows you to easily build complicated quilts over a layer of French Fuse interfacing.

I met Ann Holmes very early in my quilting journey and her method of applique was revolutionary in my quilting journey. Finally I was able to achieve beautiful curving lines without hours and hours of tedious work.

Even after learning multiple applique techniques, No Sew Until You Quilt It is still my favorite go-to for super fast applique and unique quilt construction.

Click Here to find the book No Sewing Until You Quilt It so you can learn this technique too. We've included 1 yard of French Fuse Interfacing so you can jump right into the technique and start making a new quilt immediately.

We've also discounted the book and French fuse bundle from $29.95 to $24.95.

When you purchase this book you will also receive a free downloadable pattern for a fun Sunflower wall hanging (quilted by Sandi J. from our facebook quilting group), pictured below!
Sunflower Applique Quilt
Piece a Star Crossed Quilt Block
Essex Mini machine
Are you ready to jump into paper piecing and create your Star Crossed quilt block?

It's time to piece our ninth block for the Machine Quilting Block Party and learn the basics of paper piecing.

I love paper piecing because it allows you to create very beautiful, exact shapes and perfect points.

The wedge shapes we're creating in this block are the perfect starting point if you've never paper pieced before.

Let's learn how to piece them and half square triangles in this new quilting tutorial linked below.

Design #463 Dew Drops
Dew Drops
I've been playing with a new batch of machine quilting designs this week and I have a pretty new design for you to play with. Dew Drops is a super easy quilting design that creates a really fun, whimsical texture for your quilts.

A few months ago we learned how to quilt Balloons, which was a very popular design because it was so easy to quilt.

Dew Drops is basically the same shapes, but with more echoes.

It's still very fast and easy to quilt so let's learn how it works in this new video tutorial...


Dew Drops is going to be a great design for all styles and types of quilts. Because you can quilt it easily in rows and make the shapes bigger, this would be a great design to quilt over a bed quilt you're needing to finish fast.

Please let me know if you have any questions about quilting Dew Drops into your next quilt and don't forget to share the video with your friends!

Until next time, let's go quilt,

Leah Day