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Some tips on how to applique bias stripsHow to draw withbias binding stripson your quilts20Take your time stitching bias strips in placeA closer look at the lettering, you can see thestitching best on the ‘S’Showing different ways to finish off bias strip ends.OUILTsocial| issue 17The next step in the noodle quilt isdrawing with bias binding strips.1. Make the background piece at least2'' larger all around than you wantyour final piece to be. This allows forwiggle room while sewing the biasstrips down. If you are making yourown noodle bowl wall hanging you’lluse a ½ yard of bright red fabric.2. Press the background in half and halfagain to get a cross-crease to helpposition the pieces.3. Decide which line will be the first andpin it down. Use a lot of pins and easethe curves with your fingers. Don’tworry too much, a lot of the crinklewill be erased as it’s sewn down.4. Take the piece to the sewingmachine and sew the inside edge ofthe bias strip down first. Often thebias strip will lay flat easier whenyou start with sewing the inneredge down.5. Take to the iron and press from bothsides, front and back.6. Sew the outside edge of the bias tape.7. Press again.8. Continue with this process until yourimage is complete.You may transfer the drawn imagedirectly onto the background fabric ifyou prefer. Remember the bias tapewon’t always behave exactly as wantedso use a light pencil or other removablemarks in case the bias tape does notcompletely cover up the lines.I chose to keep a copy of my designhandy so I could compose the lines as Iwent. You can be as spontaneous or asplanned as you prefer, this is your art!When I applique, I choose to usemy walking or my even feed foot. Itallows for a flatter finished stitch andless bunching and stretching of thebackground fabric.For my design, I lay down 4 of thenoodles first, then add the chop sticks,two more noodles, bowl and finally thelettering.If you’re making a noodle bowl of yourown, the chopsticks are approximately12'' long, the letters are about 2'' squarewhen complete and the black stripsbelow the bowl are 14'', 8'' and 8''.I did not use HeatnBond Lite Iron-onadhesive on the back of the noodles asthey were fairly easy to create, but I diduse HeatnBond on the letters to keepthem in place as I sewed them down.HeatnBond Lite Iron-on adhesive is agood tool, use it carefully and rememberyou can’t easily move the bias tape onceit’s fused in place.When sewing, it’s easiest to change thethread color with each color of bias tapeyou sew. If you keep the bobbin threadthe same, you avoid the pop-ups thathappened in my work. (I used red as mybobbin thread for all colors).To complete the ends of the bias tapeyou have a couple of options:• Fold the bias tape over to make asquared end and sew down.• Fold the bias tape at a 45 degreeangle, sew all edges and trim theexcess.Last picture is an example of each.
Indispensable tipsfor bias tapeapplique quiltingLet's discuss how to quilt the applique piece.It can be a bit intimidating to decide how to quilt your workafter you have put in so much effort in the applique. I let thepiece tell me how to quilt it, this is my process…I always use a walking or an even feed foot… always. It makesall the difference to have all layers of your quilted projectfeeding through your machine evenly. I pick a longer stitch formachine quilting because the needle is going through threelayers, you need the length to create an even and visible stitch.I work from the inside out. I start by quilting between thenoodles and every two or three quilting lines I stitch, I check theback to make sure it’s smooth.I then stitch outside the noodles to the edge of the quilt. I didn’tgo above the chopsticks or below the bowl. I like to work insections to minimize any chance of bunching, particularly onthe back.Next I stitch the bowl.Then I work on the top above the chopsticks and below thebowl, still working as much as possible from the outside in.TIP Keep the quilting in the same direction. I work from thetop down. When switching directions, the fabric is pushed intwo different directions causing ripples on the front and oftenpuckers in the back.I change thread color depending on the background, in thiscase I used red and black. I kept the design simple and madesure there was an even amount of quilting over the entire piece.TIP Stop quilting every so often, press your work and hold it upto make sure it’s hanging as evenly as possible. Quilts are fabric,so not meant to be perfectly straight like a sheet of paper butyou’ll be able to keep distortion in check with this practice.Enjoy the process and take your time.Close up of background quilting in red threadI quilted around the applique rather than over it.OUILTsocial| issue 1721
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