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Back-basting and Art Gallery fabrics in Australia

30 Friday Jul 2010

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Back-basting

Since posting the Southern Gentleman block I have had lots of enquiries about what it is and how to do it. To go into detail would necessitate a tutorial which would require quite a bit of prep work. I might do one when my visitors leave but for now here is a quick explanation of what it is and how to do it.

What it is

Back-basting is a method of transferring an applique pattern to the background fabric.

How to do it

You draw the design, or trace it using a light box or window, onto the wrong side of the background fabric. Then you take a piece of the fabric you are appliquéing and pin it on top of the right side of the background fabric. Using the design you have drawn on the back you baste along the lines using a basting thread (you can use any slightly thicker thread but YLI make a very nice and cheap white basting thread) and a thickish needle. Then you trim the top fabric within 1/4″ . To sew, you snip a couple of the basting stitches and turn the 1/4″ under and stitch using invisible stitches. Then you remove the basting stitches one at a time as you needle-turn the rest of the shape.  You will be able to see where to turn the upper fabric because the holes of the basting stitches will be visible and you can see where to stitch to the background fabric for the same reason.

This is very difficult to understand without pictures so I’ll see what I can come up with in the next week or two, God Willing.

Pat Bravo and Art Gallery fabrics – where to buy in Australia

A few weeks ago we had a wonderful give-away where Pat Bravo kindly offered a fat quarter bundle to one of my readers. Everyone who visited her site really adored her fabric designs and I had many enquiries as to where we can get these fabrics in Australia. Well Pat has sent me a list of places you can buy Art Gallery fabrics here. Click here to download the list.

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We have a winner….

25 Friday Jun 2010

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Art Gallery Fabrics Give Away Winner Draw

Today I painstakingly wrote out all your names and added them to a bowl to draw the winner of this great Art Gallery Fabrics prize.

Art Gallery Fabrics Fat Quarter Bundle

Art Gallery Fabrics Fat Quarter Bundle

Step 1

The draw begins...

The draw begins...

Step 2

Selecting a name

Selecting a name

Step 3 – the winner is…

The winner is...

The winner is...

Ros Gale! Congratulations Ros! I’ll have emailed you to organise your prize delivery. Stay tuned as next week is the Hawthorne Threads US$50 Gift Voucher Give Away. Remember they sell Pat Bravo’s Art Gallery Fabrics so you have second chance to get some of those beautiful fabrics.

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Art Gallery Fabrics Fat Quarter Bundle Give Away!

19 Saturday Jun 2010

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Pat Bravo and Art Gallery fabrics

Pat Bravo is the creative force behind Art Gallery Fabrics. I showed your their website a few days ago. Pat now has her own brand new site which showcases her work as an artist/designer including all the gorgeous fabrics she designs.

The site is still “under construction” but most of the pages are up and working, with more being added each day. You can browse her sewing and quilt patterns, her fabrics, sewing kits and her signature range of threads. Oh those threads! You know how I much I like threads. They look so beautiful, especially the variegated ones.  Anyway enough drooling…

Pat Bravo Signature Threads

Pat Bravo Signature Threads

To celebrate her new website she has generously offered a bundle of 12 fat quarters made made up of a potpourri selected from her collections as a give away to one of my lucky readers!

Art Gallery Fabrics Fat Quarter Bundle

Art Gallery Fabrics Fat Quarter Bundles

How to enter the Art Gallery Fabrics Give Away

To be in the draw to win this great prize all you need to do is visit Pat’s new website, have a good browse around – it really has great inspirations – and then come back and leave me a comment about it. The give away will run from today until next Friday – 25th June – Sydney time. International readers are welcome to enter. Good luck everybody!

More give aways to come

Keep reading because in the next few weeks there will be another give away from Hawthorne Threads. I just haven’t decided on the rules for that yet.

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