Feature
Appliqué
ABOut PAt
My Way, Your Way
Pat Sloan
is a regular
contributor to
Irish Quilting.
or the High Way
In this issue,
Pat shares
her personal
experience
with appliqué.
When I first started quilting I did not When I began a profession Dive In
appliqué. I only pieced as I was in in quilting, I started to explore
Ready to appliqué? Here are my
the world of beginning piecing. machine methods of appliqué.
tips for creating your own flower
Then my instructor told me to join
There are several and my love
garden in fabric!
the quilting guild because I’d find
became fusible. I hunted and
• If you’ve tried one method
‘other people like you’
...very true!
searched and chatted with quilters
far and wide to find the best fusible
and didn’t care for it, try
In the guild, I met great friends and
method for me. I wanted soft quilts
another. Also try it again
quickly learned there was another
as I often have HUGE shapes, so
under the guidance of a
world of quilting beside pieced
I did not want fusible under the
different instructor. I’ve found
quilts. There was appliqué! At first
whole appliqué shape. My quest
many times it was the ‘time
thought it looked too hard, it was
ended when I learned to cut away
and place’ of my instruction
too tedious, and they all stitched
most of the fusible and minimally
so I would try again in a
by hand. (I had a machine and I
use it for basting down the shape.
different way, many times
wanted to use it!). with success.
I am still in love with appliqué and
So as time went on I coveted
I’m on a journey to share and teach
• Pick up a book or attend a
learning to appliqué VERY much.
as many quilters as I can the joys of
workshop on fusible appliqué
I collected patterns, I collected
fast fun fusible appliqué. No strict
to learn the tips and tricks.
books, I tore pages out of
placements, no worrying about
• Find a FABULOUS blanket
magazines. I had a secret desire
lines you didn’t cover, just the pure
stitch or similar stitch to
to join the ‘A’ world... the world of
happiness of creating a flower
applique with on your sewing
appliqué quilters.
garden in fabric on a quilt. I’ve
machine. Many people have
After much whining on my part that
converted many a die-hard piecer
only seen a satin stitch and
I ‘didn’t know how to appliqué’, my
to creating soft flowing edges with
don’t realize the softness of
friend took pity on me and taught
applique and they now love it.
other stitches
me how to needleturn, which I still
Pat is the author of Learn to
• Do a small project with
love to do! It’s the fastest way for
Applique with Pat Sloan, found for
LARGE shapes to learn the
me to get fabric to fabric and the
purchase at
www.patsloan.com.
technique. You will be more
needle in my hand. On my first
For more with Pat, check her out
successful and can progress
quilts, I cut freeform flowers and
online
www.patsloan.com or send
to smaller shapes as your
leaves with no guidelines at all for
your questions for Pat to
skills improve.
turning under.
editorial@irishquilting.ie
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IrIsh QuIltIng Volume I Issue 3
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