This pattern goes together very quickly, and gives you lots of open space in the center for adding embroidery and appliqué! There are only 14 blocks to piece, and two outer borders, so it will...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/07/free-tablecloth-pattern.html
This quilt was one of my favorites to work with! Brought to me by a wonderful woman who embroidered every block, she told me the story of how she was making it for her daughter. It has more work,...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/07/mothers-love.html
Time to reuse some of the patterns I have, and try and make them look completely different! This quilt has a formal name (which I can't remember....) but I call it the Orient Express. It has l...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/04/same-pattern-different-look.html
Have you ever felt that you would run out of space for yet another quilt? The beds are covered, the walls are covered, the table tops are covered --- even the dog is wearing quilted jackets! A ni...
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Lots of people agree that sometimes it's just easier to keep stitching --- right over top of the embroidery! In the case of redwork designs, I think that's very true! This quilt was done on a ...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/04/stitching-right-over-embroidery.html
Our school district was having a fund raiser for the Marching Band, and they wanted a quilt that they could raffle off. Being in Ohio, I thought that the best block pattern that I could use w...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/04/embroidery-on-quilts.html
This one was a bit of a challenge --- but then again, I just LOVE a challenge! I received an embroidered quilt top that just "demanded" to be cross-hatched in the center. I didn't want to ...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/03/cross-hatching-across-satin-stitches.html
Here is another example of using embroidery and appliqué before the quilt is assembled. In this tablecloth, I appliquéd all of the small white squares first on the white tone-on-tone fabri...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/03/machine-applique-part-two.html
Machine embroidery is shown on this quilt in two different ways. I digitized the appliqué designs, and used a blanket stitch for the edges. I wanted the soft look that blanket stitches can gi...
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Lots of discussion has centered around the topic of adding embroidery to quilts --- and the main question is always "Do I make the entire quilt first and then add the embroidery, or do I embroid...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/03/paper-piecing.html
I just love where machine quilting is headed these days -- the effects that are achieved are truly amazing. Sometimes, though..... I just want to sit down and stitch by hand. Oh, sure -- I'm ...
http://candyapplequilts.blogspot.com/2008/03/adding-hand-stitches-to-machine.html
I'd like to share a few pictures with you of a quilt that I have just finished called Scrappy Mountain Majesties . This was done with a pattern that I saw at Quiltville , and it was tons of f...
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