704 Dale Fleming

[HeyJudee]

I have never been a fan of curves and circles in quilts. Maybe it was just that I was no good at them and kept getting stuck with the pins. So, with much reluctance, I decided to give Dale Fleming's glue technique a try (especially since my son works for Avery). Instead of a large quilt, I decided on a purse = a much smaller project that would give me a good idea if I wanted to go larger. I really liked the way the curves turned out. The glue was kind of messy. What I did like was the way I could audition the strips before actually gluing and sewing. What I didn't like was the wasted fabric. I'm not one for keeping small scraps. The circles were hard. After doing the big ones, I decided to raw-edge applique the rest including a thin outer circle to cover the mistakes in the glued one. I'm attaching a photo of my purse.

[Margo]

Good for you Jan!! A small project is always a good way to try out a new technique! Cute bag!!

[Lorchen]

Jan, that bag is lovely!!

[suehenyon]

Jan,
Thanks for sharing your purses. I loved this show because I've been eyeballing landscape quilts with curves for years. Especially interesting is the curve you kind of made big & small...I see mountains or sand dunes. Nice work!
Susan

[HeyJudee]

Jan I love your bags. I haven't had time to watch the show yet. I've a curve project in my head and this show is certainly gonna help with it. Now I just need to find the time to watch it...LOL

[she-quilts]

Love your purse!! Beautiful curves & circles and your fabrics are delicious

[Sewdreamy]

Jan, I love your purse...what wonderful sophisticated fabric choices. I see you found the glue messy. If you get glue bottle tops with metallic tips the glue is a lot less messy. This produces a very small bead of glue, which is all that is needed. Of course, you have to keep the tip clean, and it often clogs up between uses. I found if you stick a stainless steel pin in the tip, it generally stays open. You can get these at craft stores or from Sharon Schamber's http://www.sharonschamber.com/shoppi...ccessories.htm or her daughter's http://www.purpledaisiesllc.com/

I tried using it without the tip and found it really messy too...this makes it much better. Cheers, bj

[Margo]

I use glue for a lot of techniques, and find that storing the bottle upside down with a cap on it keeps the glue flowing when I'm ready to use it.

[Margo]

I put a straight pin with a round plastic head on the tip of my glue (I have the metal tip on my glue bottle) and the head of the pin is stuck tightly in the rubber tip you put on knitting needles to keep the stitches from falling off. Works great.

[Margo]

The thing is that Dale Fleming used glue stick and not liquid and I was going by her instructions. Probably a liquid glue would work better.

[HeyJudee]

Jan, It's Elmer's liquid school glue that Sharon Schambers uses when making her quilts. Dale mentioned the Avery glue stick. I think either one would work but I really haven't done much gluing. Have bought the tips from Sharon's website but haven't had the time to actually work with it. Hoping to do that in the near future though.

[Sewdreamy]

Sharon's glue methods really work and added considerably to my level of ability to make a nice looking binding, or piecelique in difficult shapes, for instance. I've even started using the glue in place of Steam A Seam for "basting" some appliques in place, because it goes away when washed. But you really need the glue tips to make it work right.