Working on another horse and one more waiting in the wings. This one had a rather large piece that I wanted to do with very lightweight fusible. Because there will be quite a number of pieces on top of this one I used Misty Fuse which is very lightweight.

Oooh, this will be exciting to watch!

More, more

WOW.
Did you draw that yourself???? I am impressed, all i can do is stick figures. :-D

No way. I can trace and that is about it. This is another Toni Whitney pattern. She is a painter who is now designing quilts. I love her stuff. I enlarge her patterns so I can satin stitch all the edges down. Trace the pieces to fusible, I usually use Wonder Under because it is cheaper. Fuse the pieces to the back of the fabric and cut them out. Then peel off the paper, put the enlarged pattern under parchment paper and put the pieces into place ironing them down as I go. If you can trace you can do it. The pattern now has a strip with the fabric colors and lists the name of each fabric so you can copy her colors.

Awesome!! I can't wait to see it's progression.

Oh my, this is going to be exciting to see your progress!!! Can't wait to see more.

Your horse is looking great. Can't wait to see it finished.

Ditto!

Oh wow, I have drooled over those patterns but haven't purchased one yet. Not sure I could this but I sure do love it!! Thanks for sharing, I'll be bookmarking this so I don't miss out on the details.

Couldn't wait so I cut it out, peeled off the parchment and put it onto more parchment so it wouldn't stick to the ironing board. the piece I peeled off will be a placement guide for those pieces going on top of the new piece. assembled, but still need a few more pieces to finish up. Almost ready for stitching.

Wow that looks amazing. I look forward to seeing it when you are done. Thanks for sharing.

Astonashing! SPelling is probably WRONG! But you what I mean!

WOW!!!!

Ok, I want to try this. How do you find her patterns?

Toni Whitney Designs then click on patterns in the upper left. I just got the one for the cat and the foal. Can't wait to get to them!!

http://www.toniwhitney.com/

Wow! This is awesome!

Wow! You are doing great...

Wow, it will look lovely. Have just looked at the other patterns Toni does - will need to try one of these.
Thanks for showing us your work.

Are you assembling the horse before putting it on the final background? When you satin stitch the edges do you match the thread color to the fabric or are you using some sort of invisible thread?

It is looking awesome and I hope you are going to post more pictures as you progress!!! :thumbup:

Yes it is assembled or fused together on the parchment paper with the pattern underneath for placement. I use Mettler and match the thread. I can either satin stitch it to the stiffener and then put it onto a background or I can satin stitch directly to the background. Depends on the size and complexity. This one is pretty simple so I'll do it to a background then build the rest of the quilt.

Love it!

LOVE the horse!! I have the giraffe one to do. How do you enlarge the design?

Wow that looks great.

It will be wonderful to see this progress

So do you have the large piece and then paper with the smaller piece on top and the paper stays in?

I'm confused! :?:

Please tell me more!

awesome....tracing or not, it will be a lot of work! Please post pics of the finished quilt.

oh my gosh ....... i love it...... keep up the good work

Oh...this is coming along beautifully...looking forward to the finished work!!! :thumbup:

Wow absolutely amazing love it

I go to a local printer who can print 36 inch wide pieces. Then I tape the two or three parts together.

gorgeous! Looks so amazing!!!

Sorry no the paper does not stay in. I took off the smaller pieces which had been fused together on the paper then put them back in place on top of the big piece. So I had the pattern covered by the parchment paper covered by the large piece covered by the small pieces . Fuse them all down and they can be peeled off the paper and ready to stitch.