As to the stapler: usually, the bottom plate of the stapler can be turned so that the ends of the staples aren't folded towards the inside but to the outside. That makes it much easier to remove them. Thanks for this and all other learning videos!
Thank you for your series of lessons! They are beautifully done- enough info but not overwhelming and no extraneous distractions. I will certainly pass along your links to newbies who want to learn how to quilt. If they follow your tips, they will establish good foundations. Having quilted and crafted for about 50 years, I have seen many “teachers”. I have watched you now from 101 to here and plan to continue. Never too experienced to learn something new or better!🤓
I totally agree with newbeequilter, these are the best videos i have found so far. I am steadily working through all your videos and I wish I had found you earlier. Thank you.
I don't know who your camera man/woman is, but it's like you're singing a duet and you both have perfect pitch resulting in beautiful harmony! I suspect your cameraman is a quilter himself because he/she knows the important angles to shoot from so that the viewer can see EXACTLY what your teaching us and why you're doing it. BTW, I also think it takes a skilled and confident craft teacher to freely allow any cameraman to focus in on not only what you're doing correctly, but also allowing your audience to view any potential mistakes. I can't imagine having the patience or skill to do traditional hand-turned appliqué, but this video makes me want to at least do a wall hanging with appliqué using all your terrific tips like: making multiple leafs with one cutting, how you adeptly and patiently glued and turned over the edges, and the folding of the background fabric multiple times to help with symmetrical arrangement of the appliqué. Thank you, Nancy and team.
Before we shoot each segment we review what's going to be shown and determine which camera has the best angle. Our jib operator (overhead shot) is the husband of our Creative Director - it pays to have connections! Our intrepid reporter, Gina, doubles as a camera operator when we're in the studio - she got some of the demo shots. It takes a lot of work to create each segment - thank you for your kind words.
Sounds like your team really has it together. Quality videos like yours are the reason I take time to make comments and try and show my appreciation for all your hard work. I'm sure other viewers see and appreciate your instructions it as well, but may not have the time or realize what it means to ALL those involved in producing them.
Thanks for a great tutorial. It's helping me to get through our second lockdown in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Love your nail polish what brand and colour is it?
Can this method using glues be used on quilts that will be used or is this more for use with wall hangings, etc. Also, does this method work with small half inch circles/ovals? Thank you.
Why use stabilizer and not freezer paper? My pattern has many intricate pieces and is a small picture quilt of a pug. I know freezer paper will have to be removed and stabilizer doesn’t but I won’t be washing it to gain softness. Then again, just depends how stiff it ends up to be. Might not be an issue but am concerned about stiffness. I also plan on machine appliquéing the pieces. I think. Thanks.
For the stabilizer, the Ricky Tims Sable Stuff is the best - not too stiff and when washed is makes it a really soft. www.firesidequilts.com/shop/c/p/Ricky-Tims-Stable-Stuff-Poly-x57763443.htm
@@canuck33 Because you can leave the stabilizer in the quilt - with freezer paper you need to remove it so the quilt can be washed as the freezer paper doesn't wash well :)
Hi Besty - the tearaway foundation is not removed - it seems stiff when you are working on the project, but you leave it in and when you wash the quilt the stabilizer will soften up - when you do the glue portion, try to keep it from the actual fold of the fabric so that it is not too hard to get the needle through. The glue is a water soluble so again, when the quilt is washed the glue goes away :)
Sheila, that is kind of a loaded question. for someone like me that has been quilting for almost 30 years, that would would take me, from beginning to end about 120 hours - that would include the quilting and binding. But for others I can't tell you. The truth is that us quilters don't make quilts on time tables - we make quilts and art because it's inside of use and it's fun! :) - trust me, if you have never quilted before, once you start there is no stopping :) - Nancy
Is sizing the same as starching? U.K. viewer with language issues! Also, does the stabilizer glue itself to the fabric when heated (ironed)? Love the clear direction on all your videos, except, being british, some things aren't clear.
Hi Gien, that's funny!! Sizing is actually not exactly the same product, but it does the same thing. Starch is made of sugar so for me, i don't want sugar on my quilt because if i put it away unfinished, i could get little bugs that want to eat the sugar. Sizing is not made of sugar so it works great!! Depending on what kind of stabilizer you get it will iron on or not - be sure to ask at the shop you buy at.
If I want to embroider or embellish my design so that knots and threads are not visible, do I do that after the entire design is down, and before I make a quilt sandwhich?
Hi Gemma, I'm not sure what you mean. This is what I think, let me know if this is not what your questions is. If i am doing hand embroidery embellishments on a block i hide my starting and ending knots as a go, making sure they tails are contained "inside" the embellishment (this is really hard to explain in writing) and if i am adding an embellishment, like a button or beads to a quilt, I add those after the quilting is quilted and hide the tails inside the quilt with the batting. Hope that helped - sounds like a good topic for a video :)
OnPoint-TV and Quilting with Nancy I started making spider man. He’s an appliqué. I made the face first, and layered the eyes. I don’t know if I should have pieced it all first. I have been told Zi break every rule in quilting! Lol
Hi Janette - the instructions for that quilt are in the "Learning to Quilt" book - available on our website www.onpoint-tv.com as an EBook with all the links to the videos or as a printed book. Thanks for watching! Nancy
