Landscape applique ideas

Freestyle applique leaves you with a million raw edges. And then, when it’s time for machine quilting, you have to carefully stitch along the perimeter of each piece. Frankly, it cramps my “free” style. Today I’ll show you how to add a layer of nylon netting over your quilt top. It’ll hold everything in place so your stitch patterns can be wild and free. Click HERE to watch the vid!

June Dudley makes a water landscape with small strips of fabric. She teaches you how to gather fabrics with a variety of strips to get what you want, and goes into detail about why water color changes and how to make sure your fabric is in order of lightest to darkest value using a black and white photo copy of her fabric.

landscape quilt. Oh I love how simple and calming this one is.

Landscape quilts were very popular several years ago, and are still fun to try now. Most of these early landscape quilts were made using "strips of fabric" sewn edge to edge arranged by the colors of the sky to the ground. These quilts...

from Etsy or eBay...beautiful!

Machine applique/quilting in one step. Free motion sit-down machine quilting- 22 X 28. Pattern design by Don't Look Now (Kellie Wulfsohn), Australia. In August, 2011, this quilt earned a blue ribbon, and "Best Wallhanging" at the Iowa State Fair. In May, 2012, this quilt won a second place award in the Just for Me division at the Machine Quilter's Showcase in Overland Park, Kansas. The award was $300 of YLI thread!

Today we honor our dear friend, Natalie Sewell, who passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Natalie was a talented artist and an inspiration to us all. http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/sewing-general/beginning-landscape-quilting-part-one/ https://video.wpt.org/video/wpt-presents-treasured-quilts-wisconsin/ #NZPBlog #NatalieSewell #LandscapeQuilting

I thought I would say a quick 'hello & welcome' to all the new faces showing up on my blog. There's been a little surge as of late, and it's really exciting to see a batch of new followers! If you are new here, please feel free to click on the tabs above to learn more about me, or click on the 'slideshow' tab to see some of last year's work. All my work is original (please do not copy) and are inspired by my own personal photo shoots of the land & sky around me. This weekend I managed to…

Rapunzel Quilt, 2009 — present (unfinished); 3 ft x 3 ft. Techniques: hand applique, embroidery, machine topstitch. Goals for this project: Applique/embroider Rapunzel into that darn tower! I hesit…

Betty's version of "Down the Road" is made to hang in her RV. It features a highway winding its way into the mountains. Quilter’s Name: Betty Visser from Belgrade, Montana Style of Quilt: Art Quilt/Wallhanging Pattern Name: Down the Road Featured Date: 1-12-23 Hi, my name is Betty Visser. I recently made this quilt to...

Tonna Zieske on Instagram: “Rapid Creek at the dog park. #artquilt #fabricart #landscapequilt #rawedgeapplique”