In the Studio: Applique Design

Redbud Guild Mystery Quilt

The Redbud Guild is doing a Mystery Quilt.

For those of you who aren't quilters, a mystery quilt

is a quilt you will make over many months. 

Each month you are given new instructions.

You don't know what the quilt will look like

or where the the fabrics will go.

This is the point we are at and that center

area has an applique design.  The called for

design was not my cup of tea so I designed my own.

I start with a sketch.

Enlarge the design on a copier and

check to see if the size is right on the quilt.

I clean up the enlarged images.

I can hear people saying, but Ellen, you

could do this on the computer in minutes.

And yes, I could, but for me there is always

an unbridled joy of putting pencil to paper.

I make templates of each shape.

Trace designs to the paper side of an

iron-on bonding sheet.  Iron on to the

fabric and cut out the shapes, remove paper.

Place in position and heat set in place.

Finish edges as desired.  I'll post an update

on this quilt once we finish the "mystery".