Recently, I finished two quilt tops and sent them off for professional machine quilting leaving me itching to start on a new spring project. I found a beautiful antique quilt photo and wanted to update the look with spring colors and shapes that I could cut with Leaves Galore.
I knew the focus would be on tulips since I have not used this flower in a quilt yet. The tulips are made from one "S" and one "Z" shaped curve cut with the Leaves Galore petite 2.5" curve and one 4" standard shaped leaf made from the Grande template. You can use the color instruction sheet on the website to learn to cut the standard leaf shapes and the "S" and "Z" shaped curves. Once you have a pile of "S" and "Z" shapes and standard melon/leaf shapes, you can prefuse the elements of the tulip on an applique pressing sheet as shown below. Space the "S" and "Z" shapes close together or further apart to get a skinny or fat tulip shape using the same three elements. Here are two tulips shown from the back so you can see the spacing between the "S" and "Z". Lift the entire shape off as one unit and apply to your quilt top. I make these tulips by the dozens so I will have plenty to play with when I make my quilts. Long "S" and "Z" shapes made with the 5" side of the Petite template make excellent tulip leaves. Keep these leaves thin and elegant. You can see the tulip leaves and the tulips used in the row quilt below or in the scattered tulips at the top of this page. I cut the long curvy vines with the 8" Leaves Galore template. Both the row quilt and the scattered tulips were cut and fused in one day. I feel a pattern coming on!So think spring and make a tulip garden of your own in minutes with Leaves Galore!
Teaching at two Mancuso Shows in Manchester NH and Oaks PA
In the upcoming show season Sue Pelland will be teaching her Leaves Galore cutting techniques at two national quilt shows including:
WORLD QUILT SHOW - NEW ENGLAND X
The Radisson Center of New Hampshire Manchester, New Hampshire
August 16-19, 2012 Featuring the Premier of the 2012 World Quilt Competition XVI
Don’t just GO to a quilt festival,VACATION at one!
The World Quilt Show - New England is one of the most internationally diverse events of its kind in the world of quilting and the textile arts. This year’s faculty will be offering a fabulous variety of workshops and lectures. In addition, Mancuso Show Management is hosting the World Quilt Panel and Forum Ice Cream Social; this special event is included with your festival registration. Also returning to the Festival for another year will be the special Saturday luncheon presentation. Plus, for those who wish to travel to the show with ease, Show Management is offering an all inclusive show & hotel package. We hope you will join us in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA for World Quilt Show - New England.
Sue will be teaching a full day Leaves Galore techniques class on Friday, August 17. Register here!
The Center of It All for Quilt, Fiber, Wearable and Textile Art SEPTEMBER 13-16, 2012
The Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza is the largest and most prominent quilting arts event in the Northeast all under one roof. The quilt competition features wonderful entries from throughout the nation. Entries to the competition include traditional and innovative quilts. The exhibits of the Extravaganza will offer over six hundred quilts and garments presented in gallery style as well as more than two hundred vendor booths offering everything from completed quilts and garments to all the supplies and equipment used in making them.
Sue will teach the Hope's Diamond Pattern on Friday, September 14. Register here!
Kathleen Murphy is a long time friend and fellow guild member from Thimble Pleasures Quilt Guild. Kathleen and I have been on many committees together and I admire and respect her amazing talents! Kathleen was one of my first prototype testers for the Leaves Galore templates. Even before I knew how to use them, Kathleen had her own ideas about how to use Leaves Galore in her quilts. The quilts below are all interpretations of her Hot and Cold Flow pattern available at SuePellandDesigns.com
Look at the adorable bag she made out of one of her Hot and Cold quilts! Kathleen is an expert bag maker and you can see her Murphy Bags for sale here at her Etsy Shop. Check out her blog for more great bag and quilting inspirations!
MQX is moving to Manchester, NH
Manchester, NH
Calendar
Vermont Quilt Festival, Essex Junction, VT
June 28: preview night 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm June 29 and 30: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm July 1: 9:00am to 3:00 pm
Location: Champlain Valley Exposition (CVE), Essex Junction, VT More details
Apple Valley Quilters, Hope's Diamond Workshop
July 13: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Location: Holiday Inn Express, 120 Laning Street, Southington, CT More details
Red White and Quilted Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod 31st Annual Quilt Show
August 2 and 3: 9:30 am to 4:00 pm August 4: 9:30 am to 3:00 pm Location: Cape Cod Technical High School, Harwich, MA More details
World Quilt Show New England August 16 - 19 Manchester, NH See details above
Pennsylvania Quilt National September 13 - 16 Oaks, PA See details above
Space the "S" and "Z" shapes close together or further apart to get a skinny or fat tulip shape using the same three elements. Here are two tulips shown from the back so you can see the spacing between the "S" and "Z". 
Lift the entire shape off as one unit and apply to your quilt top. I make these tulips by the dozens so I will have plenty to play with when I make my quilts. Long "S" and "Z" shapes made with the 5" side of the Petite template make excellent tulip leaves. Keep these leaves thin and elegant. You can see the tulip leaves and the tulips used in the row quilt below or in the scattered tulips at the top of this page. I cut the long curvy vines with the 8" Leaves Galore template. Both the row quilt and the scattered tulips were cut and fused in one day. I feel a pattern coming on!
