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18 Months 2,309 Paper Pieces Nearly 36 yards of Fabric & Countless Hours of sewing – phew! Pattern: La Passacaglia by Willyne Hammerstein, adapted by Pink Door Fabric for an 18 BOM (block of the month).

English Paper Piecing English paper piecing is a method of patchwork where fabric is wrapped around fabric shapes made of thin paper cardboard or heavy paper. Once the shapes are wrapped and ready, the sewer will hand sew the shapes together one at a time until the shapes become an intricate desi

Applique, Machine Piecing

This was from a pattern with many different finishing/fabric options. I loved the idea of making a quilt made up of different types of basic symbols. Using foundation paper piecing, a great technique for making otherwise difficult to create designs, you are able to make an infinite variety of quilted images.

Trapunto, from the Italian for “to quilt”, is a method of quilting that is also called “stuffed technique”. A puffy, decorative feature, trapunto utilizes at least two layers, the underside of which is slit and padded, producing a

All Tula Pink Fabrics – always fun!

Foundation Paper Piecing Foundation paper piecing (FPP) is a quilting technique that allows you to create precise and intricate quilt blocks by sewing fabric pieces onto a paper template.

All Tula Pink Fabrics – so much fun!

Using a variety of fabrics and textures from a slew of my favorite designers, including machine embroidered flowers, I wanted to make a fun, bohemian play on a typical still life.

When I saw this design I thought it was something I had to try. Luckily there was a complete kit available so I didn’t need to search for fabric. It was a challenging and labor intensive endeavor. So much so, that when it was finished, it was folded up and sat for years in aContinue reading “Dream of Icarus

Ariel Towers

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I started by making the birdcage to learn applique.  It was from a pattern from Margaret Sampson George – look her up – her quilts are magical! I enjoyed the process but didn’t want to make the entire quilt so I experimented to create my own unique quilt.  I really loved the result  – soContinue reading “La Cage aux Folles (The Birdcage)

Ariel Towers

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Spice Island Compass, pattern by Brenda Henning. Pieced and quilted by Ariel Towers, 2018. (Foundation paper pieced, machine applique, machine quilted.)

Original design created, pieced, and quilted by Ariel Towers, 2022. (Prairie points, pom-poms, hot-fix crystals, machine quilted.)

Original design created, pieced and quilted by Ariel Towers, 2022. (Prairie points, hand embroidery, hot-fix crystals, pom-poms, machine quilted.)

“Simple Folk” pattern by Sarah Fielke, pieced and quilted by Ariel Towers, 2020. (Machine appliqued, machine quilted.)

I started by making the birdcage to learn applique. It was from a pattern from Margaret Sampson George – look her up – her quilts are magical! I enjoyed the process but didn’t want to make the entire quilt so I experimented to create my own unique quilt. I really loved the result – soContinue reading “La Cage aux Folles (The Birdcage)

Ariel Towers

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Traditional piecing. This started out as a challenge to practice my piecing skills, but after ten blocks I said, “maybe just ten more” and then again “maybe ten more” – you get it! (Tula Pink design and fabrics)

Machine embroidery, traditional piecing, ribbon embellishment, hot-fix crystals. This quilt began as a teaching tool to learn how to use an embroidery module that came with a new sewing machine. I was so happy with the result that I decided to make it into a wall hanging.