Since I like traditional quilts so much, my favorites were the wedding quilt and the Tennessee Waltz quilt on your web site. They're gorgeous.

weste, I love your quilt - the color choices are perfect.

Yvonne - I had not seen this thread before & checked out your website. WOW, WOW, WOW! You are a master quilter. Such variety & good use of color. And all that in 6 years! You must sew in your sleep. How wonderful to be so talented. Thanks for sharing.

Nice! I particularly like that black and white quilt!

Thanks Yvonne, I needed the smile this morning. I adore "Frog Pond"; it's absolute fun. It made me laugh like crazy and I owe you one.

Wow! These are great! I'm a bit shy of applique. Since I joined this site my to-do list has definitely gotten longer! :D Too many things to do before I learn (and gain the patience for) applique. :wink:

Weste, what is the pattern name of your beautiful quilt?

. Now I'm curious, is appliqué all done with the same slipstitch method that I'm doing the Hawaiian one with or are there various stitches used?

Steve,
I am not the applique expert on this site by any means. I am a beginner! I use the same little tiny stitch that I try to hide to the best of my ability on my applique and my pseudo Hawaiian attempt.

There are other stitches to use on applique and other techniques. You can do raw edge appliue, machine applique, etc. The list is endless, I am sure!

I recommed that you hit the search button at the top of the page, type in applique and then read through the applique notes there and then google it and then find a book or two and read and then listen to what Leslee has to tell you.

Eventually you will find a style that you like best OR you'll find that you do not like applique at all. The main reason I am learning to applique is that all the quilts I like best have some. Grr! I prefer machine piecing traditional quilts. It's just that I'm not a patient person. I want it done yesterday, thank you very much! I'm working on realizing that I'm not working for someone else any longer and my time is my own. I need to RELAX! Oh, yeah, I'm doing real good on that!

Your quilts are lovely and I like your website. I really loved the watercolor quilt and hope one day to try one myself. I've got that on the list, along with one day creating a website, too. :-)

I love those! The frog one is wonderful! Thanks for sharing them with us.

M