Applique

Dresden Progress

February 3, 2012 By Anne 11 Comments

This week has been crazy. Too much to do and not enough time. I’m working on a new fabric line and it’s taking longer than expected. A deadline is looming and I’m crossing my fingers I get it off to Moda soon. I’ll be so happy!

In the meantime everyone at Bunny Hill has been working on my Scrappy Plate quilt, helping to get it ready for the quilter. I can just hear you saying…hey that’s not fair…she has help! Let’s just say it’s a good thing. Machine applique has become my best friend and almost all of the plates have been appliqued by machine!

If you follow my method I think you’ll love machine applique. Go ahead, enlarge this photo so you can see.

…and this one showing you how to stop at a point right next to the fabric, lift the presser foot and turn.

Here’s something you may not know…there’s a machine applique tutorial on my blog! That’s right, it’s just waiting for you to try it.

Click here or scroll to the top of the page, click on the Tutorial link and the applique picture. You just might get your blocks done this weekend. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, I’ve decided to add a scallop to the border. Don’t worry, I’ll give you the scallop pattern so you can have one too.

Because of all the assorted colors in my blocks I used a neutral Kimono Silk thread to applique these Dresden. Silk thread on the top and cotton in the bobbin made switching from blade color to blade color much easier. Normally I recommend DMC Machine Embroidery thread for machine applique.

Now think about this…after the girls sew on my Dresden’s they go home and sew on their own! Everyone at Bunny Hill has gone a little Dresden crazy. Just look at a few of their blocks!

Nancy is making her’s out of pink 30′s fabrics. She’s making a quilt for a baby girl!

And my assistant Kim is making her blocks out of assorted Riley Blake fabrics she picked up at market. Just look at these! She says she has more colors coming and I can’t wait to see the rest of the blocks!

It’s Dresden show and tell weekend over on Flickr. Go ahead, show off your blocks!

I’ll be back soon! Circles are up next so you can stitch away during the Super Bowl! I’ll show you how!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Applique, Bunny Hill Patterns, Scrappy Plate Club Tagged With: Anne Sutton, Applique, Dresden Plate, Scrappy Plate Club

Weekend Projects

January 14, 2012 By Anne 12 Comments

Do you have projects planned for this weekend? Seems like I’ve been waiting for a “free” weekend and now that it’s here I’m in heaven. I have so many projects I’ve wanted to get started on so I plan on sewing all weekend long. Speaking of sewing, it’s a great weekend to try a Scrappy Plate quilt block if you haven’t started yet. Once you make one, you’ll see how easy it is! Just go for it!

I’ve been working on the applique for my Scrappy Plate quilt, taking pictures as I go along so I can hopefully give you some tips next month. I don’t know which part I like better, the piecing or the applique. Click on over to my Flickr group if you want to get inspired!

So many of you emailed asking about kits for Scrappy Plates. Well guess what? Kimberly at Fat Quarter Shop has been searching for fabrics and she’s found all the fabrics I’ve used in my quilt. She’s put together a kit for you with the same polka dot fabrics and borders. You can find it by clicking on the link above.

New wool bundles…

If you love yummy wools, I’ve just added our own special bundles of Weeks Dye Works wools to our website. After we made these bundles everyone at Bunny Hill wanted one!

Say hello to our Autumn bundle…

…and hello to our Sorbet bundle.

I’d say it’s equally as yummy as Autumn!

You’ll find these bundles here on our website.

We’re still working on getting orders shipped from our sale. We ran out of Cosmo Multiwork Floss #4300 and Dresden templates but we’ve had them both on order. The templates just arrived and the floss should be here by the middle of next week. Thank you for your patience if you’ve ordered floss…I promise we’ll ship your order as soon as it arrives!

Have a great weekend everyone! Hopefully it’s filled with happy sewing!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Applique, Collections Tagged With: Applique, Bunny Hill Designs, Free, Free Patterns, Scrappy Plate Club, wool

Please pass the Pumpkin Pie

December 16, 2011 By Anne 7 Comments

We’ve spent the last few days making Pumpkin Pie kits here at Bunny Hill. No calories in this pie even with all the yummy fabrics we’ve been cutting. Here’s a picture of our pie slice…

Doesn’t it look yummy?

We’ve got stacks and stacks of Pumpkin Pie…

…assembled and ready for baking!

If you ordered a Pumpkin Pie kit we’re starting to ship them now.

You’ll find these kits on my website, in stock and ready to ship. The good news is that if you start to make your Pumpkin Pie quilt now, by the time it comes to bake the real thing you’ll be finished and ready to enjoy it!

Did someone say Christmas is right around the corner? I’d better get some pictures posted before I miss it! Do you have shopping done and are you ready? Seems like the month of December gets shorter every year!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Applique, Bunny Hill Patterns Tagged With: Anne Sutton, Bunny Hill Designs, Fall quilts, Moda fabric, Pumpkin Pie Quilt, Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Pie on a Quilt

October 25, 2011 By Anne 39 Comments

Pumpkin Pie on a quilt? It’s acceptable if it’s baked in a Moda Dottie green pie dish with at least one blackbird in the pie. Oh, one more thing…you have to sing “Sing a Song of Sixpence” while you make this quilt. If you don’t know the song better Google it.

Pumpkin Pie is made from “Basics”!

The quilt is made mostly from Moda Basics so you should easily be able to find the fabric! I’ve put a color fabric guide inside the pattern and also on my website to make your shopping easy.