Originally Posted by FWDesigns
Fiesta de Talavera by J. Michelle Watts is a gorgeous appliqué quilt!
http://jmichellewatts.com/images/Sam...e_Talavera.jpg
But I have to ask, is this pattern really for a person who does advanced appliqué? If so, what makes it for a more advanced stitcher? I would like to try it, but I am not sure I would say that I am intermediate/advanced appliqué person. I have worked on only a couple of template appliqué projects in the past without too much difficulty so I was just wondering if this was something that I might be able to attempt. Attempt is actually the wrong word because I can always attempt it but might not actually finish it! :lol: :lol: Accomplish and complete it might be a better phrase. Anyway, I would like to know your opinion of the experience level needed for this quilt and any input you might have on it.
I loved this quilt and I am in process of making one. I am going to enter it in one of our contests but at the risk of not entering (since we aren't supposed to post pictures prior to) I will show you anyway becasue I think you should try the quilt. If I recall from reading the article, Michelle did machine applique with a satin stitch which to my mind would be easier for one not skilled in hand applique. I happen to like hand applique and the way I did it was to download some Mexican tile pictures from a website that sold Mexican tiles. I used some simple shapes to do a fairly decent recreation of the pattern and then used the freezer paper method of applique to make the blocks. The rest is just quilt as you go using the hexangonal shape. I am not an artist and I don't do quilting commercially so I gotta bet that anyone can do this - whether its by hand (I like portable projects) or by machine. As a few people have said, try a couple of blocks and see how you like it but I would not be intimidated either.
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