Tuesday, April 21, 2009

An Itty Bitty Bit of Fusing

Last night I had so much fun watching my guild, the Choo Choo Quilters, play with my fused scraps. Our team brought in batting cut to 8 inches square, and I gave the shortest demo of my career before I had them dig into the big Rubbermaid full of fused fabrics.

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image Some blocks were a more generous 8” than others…!

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This was so much easier than teaching a class, since no one had to fuse yardage. I love how the precut dots and dot-waste made itself into these compositions. Time was limited and as soon as people got their fabrics the room turned spookily quiet. It was amazing how quickly everyone got a square filled with color. I think I may have ‘convinced’ a few that fusing is the way to go.

I love them all!

15 comments:

  1. Mel, it was so great to finally meet you last night! Thanks for so generously sharing your time, talent, and techniques! I just can't wait until our dying class on May 2-3!!!

    Peg

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  2. wow! It's an explosion of color! Looks like everyone had fun!

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  3. woohoo! Looks like fun!

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  4. I almost doesn't matter if you have no design sense...these always turn out so great because the fabric is so wonderful...Bravo....I'm going to try it now!

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  5. I can imagine that creativity was flying high. What fun!!

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  6. Wow! These are all so great. I wish I were a member of your guild. What fun!

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  7. This is AMAZING!! I imagine it was so satisfying for you as a teacher to see so many people "get it" in such a short span of time. And I totally agree with Lindsey about this being a "no-fail" experiment because of the spectacular raw materials! Way fun!!!

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  8. Oh these are Maaah-va-lous! Looks like so much fun!

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  9. Anonymous11:46 AM

    Nice bounce-back from your previous post. Color always makes me happy! Great job on the program! We might even see some new members to the guild--since we had several visitors.
    Veronica

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  10. Love the colors:)

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  11. What fun! I love seeing the variety produced: both abstract and figurative.

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  12. You, Candy and everyone make it look so easy...They are delightful and I just love them all.

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  13. Wow, how fun that looks! Hmmm . . . I have some fusing scraps around here somewhere . . .

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  14. Anonymous3:36 PM

    Ok, I really gotta know- how do you get your dots so perfect??

    teri

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  15. I love the colors! Very nice.

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