{"id":5995,"date":"2018-08-02T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T23:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5995"},"modified":"2018-08-02T16:12:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T23:12:15","slug":"so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-best-applique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/02\/so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-best-applique\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want to Make A Winning Quilt: Best Applique"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tKathy K. Wylie won $1,500, from Sponsor, Pink Sand Beach<\/a>, for Best Applique on her quilt, For Such a Time as This\"Best<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\nKathy K. Wylie started quilting in the spring of 1994. A friend asked Kathy if she would join her in taking a beginner sampler quilting class. Kathy had just resigned from her job at IBM to stay at home with her two young sons and thought she could use a few nights out. Kathy had sewn since she was a child and enjoyed all kinds of different needle arts, so she agreed to take the class. Little did Kathy know how that decision would change her life!\"Best<\/a>\nFor Such a Time as This <\/em>is Kathy\u2019s original design focusing on \u201ctime.\u201d The first thing Kathy considered when embarking on this quilt was, \u201cWhat does a quilt about time look like?\u201d She brainstormed lots of ideas such as clocks, calendars, seasons, and celebrations. One shape that kept recurring in her mind was a circle. Kathy considered that \u201ca clock is a circle divided in twelve. Twelve hours in a day; twelve months in a year. I began with a medallion divided into twelve equal sections. From there, I added birth flowers and birth stones around my \u201cclock\u201d to depict the months of the year.\u201d\"Best<\/a>\nHow did the circle clock idea evolve? Kathy said, \u201cWhen a medallion is placed on a square background, it leaves a lot of blank space in the corners. I decided to use those areas to depict the seasons by the changing color of the leaves on the branches.\u201d Kathy incorporated several machine quilting motifs to complement the original time theme: \u201cThe hours on the clock; ogees, that form the shape of an hour glass; the phases of the moon; and the symbol for infinity. This shape is echoed around the outside edge by quilting half scallops and then hand tying them with black embroidery floss.\u201d\nIt took Kathy three and a half years to make her Best Applique quilt,\u00a0For Such a Time as This. <\/em>\u00a0She began the quilt in November 2013, working on the initial clock design. The hand appliqu\u00e9 was done from January 2014 to November 2016.\"Best<\/a>\nKathy then spent almost 200 hours of machine quilting her Best Applique design which she finished in April 2017. All the finishing steps were completed in May 2017.\"Best<\/a>\nWhat techniques did Kathy learn along the way for her Best Applique quilt? \u00a0\u201cAll the shapes on the quilt are turned-edge appliqu\u00e9 and sewn by hand. My favorite method is needle-turn appliqu\u00e9 and approximately 75% of the quilt was done this way. But the very small shapes, like the tiny circles that connect the birthstones, and the very detailed shapes, like the lily of the valley blossoms, were done with a new method I learned called Apliquick<\/em><\/a>. Using stainless steel rods for surgical precision, these shapes were turned and prepared in advance before stitching.\nWhat is Kathy\u2019s next project? She is working on a series of block designs featuring the birth flowers from For Such a Time as This<\/em> and hopes to release those patterns later in 2018. Kathy also will continue to teach workshops. Her next quilt is taking shape in her mind; she wants to get the blocks done before she starts in on it because \u201cotherwise they won\u2019t get done.\u201d\nCongratulations Kathy on your Best Applique winning design. For more information about For Such a Time as This <\/em>and other patterns developed by Kathy, please visit her website<\/a> or Facebook Page<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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