Back in July I shared a couple of pictures of my son and daughter in law’s wedding quilt. It really is just so beautiful (if I do say so myself!) Though it was started 2 years ago, before their wedding, it got put away for most of the last 2 years.
I pulled it out a couple of times, planned some of the flowers and then promptly put it away again as other projects demanded attention.
So, when I decided in May that it must be done and brought to CT in July, I was really under the gun.
At Quilt Market, while Elizabeth and I were looking for our notion for the Notion Commotion Blog Hop, I came across a Fabric Folding Pen at the Clover booth.
The woman demonstrating it made it look so easy and so helpful. So I decided to see if it was really was helpful!
I had a lot of flowers to appliqué. And given that I had less than 2 months to add the borders, make the flowers, appliqué them, get it quilted….. I was looking for anything to make the process go smoothly and easily.
For the appliqué, first I drew and cut my flower shapes out of freezer paper. Then I ironed the freezer paper to the fabric and roughly cut the fabric about 3/16″ bigger than the paper template.
Then it was off to the ironing board.
I tried three methods.
For some of the flowers, I ironed the fabric around the template, removed the paper and pinned the flower piece to the quilt.
For others, I used fabric glue to help the fabric stay down.
Then I tried running the fabric folding pen on the fabric around the edge of the paper and then ironing the fabric.
What I found was the pieces I made using the Fabric Folding Pen stayed pressed better than those without anything. The glued ones stayed too, but it was harder to remove the paper.
This was the piece without anything.
See how the edges are unfolding already?
This was the piece with the Fabric Folding Pen.
It stayed nice and flat even after I removed the paper.
The pen comes with this liquid, and you add just a few drops to the barrel of the pen and then fill with water. The package says the resulting solution makes the fabric pliable and easy to fold.
True!
Want to try it?
I have 2 Fabric Folding Pens to give away.
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Giveaway closes Sunday August 17th at 9pm my time.
OK- off to do some more sewing… I love my job!
happy quilting,
Kate
This looks like a fabulous tool! Thanks for making me aware of it.
I have been gathering supplies to begin learning or relearning applique. This makes it look easier to handle individual pieces. Love the opportunity to win one. Thanks.
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I would love one of these! I have several appliqué quilt patterns that I want to do & since I am slowly widening my knowledge with quilts this would be fabulous! I just started paper pricing today & that was a serious adventure…
Thanks!
Elaine
This looks like a perfect tool to use for applique. I follow you on Facebook , I receive you newsletter and tonight I signed up for the blog.
I would love to win one of your folding pens. I love the look of so many applique patterns I see, but I’m afraid to try them. With your folding pen I think I’d be willing to give it a try!
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I have always wanted to try applkique, but am sort of a chicken to try new things.
Maybe this is the answer!!
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This pen looks great! I would love to try it. Thanks for the giveaway and I love your wedding quilt.
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Wow, that sounds like a really helpful notion! I would love to give this pen a try, thanks for the chance to win!
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These look interesting. I just might try them. Clover has several products I couldn’t sew without. Your wedding quilt is beautiful.
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I just like you on facebook. I think you will make it to 400 in no time.
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I would love to have the pen added to my notions and besides I could use all the help I can get.
Applique is on my list to try. I would love to see if the pen would help me. Thanks
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I would love to try the fabric folding pen!
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What a great idea – a fabriic folding pen. Applique is my favourite quilting technique and the pen would come in very handy.
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As a novice to applique, this would really be a fabulous help! Thank you!!
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Been avoiding appliqué, but this product has inspired me! Already hooked in with FB, Pintrest, and newsletter, thanks!
I’ve never seen this tool before, but I definitely need one!
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I’d love to try this. I hope I win one, but if I’m not that lucky, you can be I’ll be on the lookout for one. I love applique.
Would love to try that, thanks
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Hi Kate
I get your newsletter and I love the quilt you made for your daughter and son-in-law. I really do not like to do applique, but this pen just might get me started. Thank you for the photos of the other options, too.
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What a fantastic little piece of Heaven! As a new quilter, I love the look of applique, but HATE the methodology that I currently use. This would make my quilting a breeze!
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This looks like a great notion. Your quilt is just gorgeous!
Kate – I truly loved the quilt you posted that is for your daughter’s wedding quilt – the colors and pattern was breath taking in my opinion. I am newbie to quilting in a way since it has been over 25 yrs since I started my first quilt, put it aside not touched to date. I am pulling together my tools, patterns to begin quilting once more. I have several applique patterns on my to do list and had no idea how to go about it without a lot of stress and mistakes. I think you have given me the answer – The Fabric Folding Pen. Since you have shown via your tutorial how well they work, these pens will be put on list of tools as must have. I will be following you on Pintrest and look forward to your newsletter for inspirations. Thank you so much for answering my question about how to do an applique.
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Oh, how I would love to try this! That is one of the reasons I have issues with applique. I hate when my pieces come unfolded!
I do a lot of applique and would love to try this product. Thank you for the heads up!
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This just a super idea for anyone who does applique! Wish I had found out about this before I did a Rose of Sharon quilt that took me over a year to finish! Love to be a lucky winner!
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I’m thinking that if this truly works, I might just do a lot more applique! Thank you for a chance to win.
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Wow I would really like to try this. I am teaching myself applique and trying all methods to see what I like best. This sounds like a dream.
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What a great idea – I’d love to try one!
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What an awesome looking product. I’ve got a long term project/UFO, a tulip quilt, that I’d love to try this product with as the needle turn has turned out to be less then practical for me. Thank you for showing off a good product!
I would like to try this. I have tried needle turn applique and do not
care for that technique.
This looks fantastic. I have never heard of this before.
Kate as much appliqué that I do, this would be perfect for me