Sorry girls, have not heard from the tutor at all, so I better not do the tutorial on the table topper incase of copy right. However I am going to show you the technique.Like any patchwork pattern, once you have the know how, you can create your own design. I am showing you the squares and triangle(equilateral triangle to be exact) You will need besides fabric - cards from cereal packets compass, protractor and pencil(as sharp as possible) A4 sandpaper (optional) wadding (good time to use up small pieces-but make sure they are all of the same wt) Templates
5" square is a good size, so this is what I am working on. Draw and cut using the cards 1) Circle with 3 5/8" radius (A) 2) Circle with 4" radius (B) 3) Semi circle with 4'' radius PLUS 1/4" seam allowance on the straight edge (C) For the triangle- I am using a 5 1/8" 1) triangle with 5 1/8" on all 3 sides with angles 60 degrees (D) 2) Circle with 3" radius (E) 3) Circle with 3 3/8" radius (F) Cutting- 5" squares for fabric and wadding for each square To make the square
1)Here is when I used the sandpaper.Place fabric on it with wrong side up.Draw a circle on it with Temp B
2)Sew small gathering stitches round circle about 1/8" from edge of fabric.Make sure thread is long enough to go right round with knot and finishing thread on the right side of fabric. 3)Place Temp A on the wrong side and in the centre, pull up gathering thread,until tightPress with fairly hot iron. 4)Loosen slightly enough to remove Temp A.Pull back to reshape.Press again. 5)Remove gathering stitches 6)With wrong side facing up, place 5" sq wadding 1st and then fabric in the center. Press.
7)Close 2 opposite curved edges at a time
8)Hand/machine quilt on the curved edge
9)Join 2 squares at the back with small stitches

Neat, I would like to do this. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, I've not seen the triangle or double-coloured base before in this method. Would love to try it sometime with denim as the base, and neons/brights as the centre points.

thanks

Thanks for sharing, this is neat

Can't wait to try!!

I do not understand where the triangle goes.

Rita

Thank you for the information!

Rita, check out the avatar on very first posting in this series. Is a picture of finished piece.

very nice work.

i have to try this, thanks

Thanks

Thanks.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. You know that I have been dying to see this. I have printed it out and as soon as I finish the quilt I am currently working on, I will make a table topper for Christmas. Maybe a pillow for out Church Bazaar. You are an angel.♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

That is cool. Thanks for sharing.

Thank You. The table topper is beautiful.

Thanks

You are all very kind and encouraging.I am going through a phase at the moment ie origami patchwork.I do paper origami and to be able to do it on fabrics is fantastic, for me anyway.It is good to know that many of you are interested,I do hope you will find time to try it out one day, do send us some pics of it when you do, I am looking forward to seeing them.If you fancy working on a smaller square-2 1/2" square, which will give you 1/2 of the big one,the cutting circle is 2 3/8" radius and the one for pressing is 1 7/8"radius.For all circles, the bigger template is always the one for Cutting fabric.It can be confusing when you have a few circles together.Thanks for looking.

Nice job. Thanks so much for sharing.

Thank you. Your Tute was great.

thanks I got a book from Penny Haren's Called 'Pieced Appliqu'e' it is great and she has several now. She also says we are to share the tips and ideas that are in her books. Check them out they are like these and GREAT!

Thanks for the post ! I have a book that has similiar colorful pieces of work. .Really appreciated the pictures!

I cannot believe the beautiful little stitches you make...I dont think my hands will take all the hand work because of arthritis...trying to think how to do by machine. TY for tutorial...excellent.

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Thank you so much for this tute :D:D:D

WOW that looks like fun......thank you! :-D

Thanks for sharing , i made this about 5 years ago for alifetime friend of mine, i had forgotten how pretty it is again thank you, might even help get rid of my quilters overload. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thank you for takin the time and effort to post this. :)

This method is lovely and I will try it. To Margie, Regarding machine work due to your arthritis: Eddie posted a tutorial with Cathedral Window done on the machine which would be easier on your hands. Hope it helps you.

Lovely....thanks so much for sharing. Your photos are very good at explaining what to do....you have a real talent for this....

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What if you machine the gathering stitches, then when you get to the stage of joining, machine all the 2 "folds" together , then put in the square pieces and close with machine again? Will that work? I have to get the topper out and see how we can machine join.

I have just bookmarked this. It looks interesting and I love to do hand sewing.

i will definately try this one , looks very pretty. thank you

thanks for the tut.
will try it as soon as I get rid of some UFOs.

Hi Margie, will it work if you put 2 pieces next to each other and machine on top like a zig zag or something but with that invisible thread-nylon or something? I am not a machine person, I enjoy hand stitching/quilting. Just a thought.

love it thank you

neat!

What a wonderful technique. Thanks for sharing. I have done Cathedral windows before, but long time ago. Love pattern to do.

Thank you for sharing this idea... reminds me of the Cathedral Windows... Have you seen the ones with the other shapes, They were popular about 11-12 years ago... Diana O.

Can you share those other shapes with us? I would be interested to see what you are talking about.

Hi, I have seen other shapes and waiting to have a go myself.The hexagon looks interesting.I am at the moment trying out a 2 colour triangle and a 3 colour square - looking good.