jlwheart

Like your quilt!

tebill

I've been asked a few questions so I'll try my best to answer them. To make the fire fabric, I bought white cotton and washed/dried it to remove sizing etc. Hubby made me a wooden frame where I tacked the fabric down with thumb tacks, wet it with water from a spray bottle and applied paint with a foam brush. The paint I used is Setacolor Transparent paint. One place to buy it is at dharmatrading.com. The paint is watered down before use. I also used orange shimmer paint to give a nice shine to the flames - same brand of paint. Go to http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/en...echniques.html for step by step instructions on using the paints. I found the fabric was nice and soft when it was dried and I set the colour by ironing the back of the fabric. Easy peasy!

RuthEm

What a neat idea and your quilt cover is beautiful...really like the flames....you said they are painted? Can you describe what you painted them with? Thanks for sharing.

tebill

If the photos show up like I hope they do, here's a photo of the applique and the rings sewn. I didn't have a pattern but just kept recutting paper patterns that I drew until I was happy with them. Everything is just regular applique with Heat n Bond to help hold the pieces in place. I zigzagged around the logs and the grate. I'm just a beginner in free motion but did it on the logs (squiggly lines about half an inch apart along the grain of the bark fabric. I also did free motion on the flames and I'm hoping the second photo here shows how I extended my stitches out into the black area to make the flames look a bit more real. The bark fabric I bought from QuiltHome.com. I typed in "bark" in their search box and there it was. Excellent, quick service from them.

tebill

Some have asked about hanging the quilt. I used 1/2 inch flat magnets from Lee Valley Tools - very strong magnets in my opinion. I did all the free motion etc. on the front piece with the batting attached - leaving the backing off. I did that because I wanted to make some buttonholes on the backing. I made five buttonholes across the top, and five at the bottom. After I attached the backing to the top, I made u shaped pockets using the buttonholes as the pocket openings so that I could just slip the magnets through the buttonholes and they landed at the bottom of the pockets. So about 1/2 inch pockets in length below the buttonholes. Some fireplaces don't have a place to suspend a tension rod but they would all have a metal screen for magnets to attach onto I would think. Sorry I don't have a pattern to share. Everything was just experiment, experiment and experiment some more. Most importantly, I want to thank all of you for your supportive comments. I know I don't write enough to tell all of you how wonderful your projects are. I would never have time to sew! But you are indeed a wonderful group of quilters!

RuthEm

Thanks for the detailed descriptions. You are very talented, and we really appreciate you !! Another quilting friend!!

calla

Great idea.............

grannypat7925

Good job! Nice idea!

stichinluvr

Thanks for all the information. I need to work on this.

WisWis

Very realistic-looks fabulous!