rose wallhanging/fusible question

I purchase my steam-a-seam by the yard at my LQS.

Lynn, you can buy it by the yard at some quilt stores or I have bought it in a a pack of several 8x11 sheets at Joanns. Hope that helps!! Can't wait to see the finished one!

By the yard as wide as 26+ inches? The 8x11 sheets aren't big enough.

-Lynn

Jan wrote:

Sorry!! Brain dead moment. It looks like equilter has it 24" wide by the yard for purchase, so I'm willing to bet that is your only choice no matter who you buy from. Are you sure you don't fuse it in sections and use the pattern they give you as a guide creating one big fused peice?? I know that is how it has worked when I've done other fusible quilt tops, so that's why I'm thinking that... but you are the one with the pattern in front of you so probably another duh moment on my part..... well... here's hoping someone who has done this one jumps in with better information.... sorry!! It is beautiful! I can see why you want to do it!!

Can't help you--but what a lovely quilt! I can't wait to see how yours turns out!

No need to apologize! I think you must be right about the sections, but I can't really reconcile it with the pattern. I think I'll have to ask some people to look at the instructions with me. I just thought I'd see if anyone else had wrestled with this question already. Thanks!

Lynn

Jan wrote:

I did remember another way I have seen fusible tops done. You usually see it with stained glass type, but maybe it's what your instructions are saying. More of a trace the entire pattern on one fabric, press the fusible to wrong side of that fabric, then cut away peices. Behind that one fabric you then can lay different colors that "peek" out and are fused to the back of it. In that case, if it were me, I would probably just lay the sheets of the 9x12 or whatever size you said you had and just but them up to each other pressing them in place one at a time. As long as you don't peel the second sheet of paper off, you can continue to press over those and not do any harm. Let them cool and that paper will peel off as normal and off you go. Here's hoping you get a second pair of eyes to help you figure out those directions!

Yes, that's sort of how this is done - you trace the whole pattern onto the back of the fusible web (the paper), and, once you place it on fabric, cut out the bits you're not using, so you have a "negative" of a design that gets fused to a bottom piece of fabric. But since the fusible doesn't come wide enough to cover the whole pattern, I was perplexed. I emailed the pattern designer, and she wrote back very promptly and said that the fusible could be laid side by side and shouldn't show through on the front where it joins (I don't see any other way you could do it, given the instructions, but I haven't done this type of thing before). Anyway, thanks for helping me think this through! I might not be explaining it properly, but I think it will make sense once I try to do it. I think I might give it a try with the sheets I have, but I just realized I need to prewash my fabric first.

Jan wrote:

the entire pattern on one fabric, press the fusible to wrong side of that fabric, then cut away peices...

You are so smart! Emailing the designer! Yippeee!! I can't wait to see it done! :-)

I finished the cutting/fusing part of the rose wallhanging (from a Keepsake Quilting kit, NAYY). Kudos to the designer, Anita Bradshaw, for being kind enough to answer (very quickly) my email asking questions about the pattern. Here's a photo:

-Lynn

Jan wrote:

That's lovely - I was looking at this recently and thinking of doing one for my Mum, just how difficult is it? It looks REALLY complex, how is it pieced? I can't believe how close to the illustration it is! I always wonder with this type of thing whether it will look anything like it's supposed to, but yours if gorgeous!

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That is beautiful!! I can't believe how quickly you were able to get to this point! Thanks for sharing!!

It's very easy - I did that in two days. But it's not pieced per se. It's all cut out and fused (the entire thing is layered in fusible). I haven't done any sewing yet...just cutting and rearranging. The deep red layer is a solid piece of fabric, the medium color is cut like a negative and placed over the red, and then pieces are cut out of the last, lightest color and laid on top of the other two. I wish I could finish it now, but I need rose colored thread!

Lynn

Jo Pender wrote:

Thanks! All credit to the designer - I just followed the instructions, but thank you. :)

Lynn

Jan wrote: