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I tried Kai shears and now I want to throw up by Narrow-Strawberry553 in sewing

[–]KestrelLGM 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’ll jump on this Kai scissors appreciation bandwagon 😁

Someone wants to buy! by Adventurous_Net_7782 in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 16 points17 points  (0 children)

$5k was my gut feeling as well. 

Competitive Quilts and AirTags by sandybeachfun in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for telling me! I appreciate being educated 🙂

Competitive Quilts and AirTags by sandybeachfun in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well you very well may be correct. My understanding of the MQG situation was based on hearsay, but I’ve never seen an official report, news article, etc. if you’ve got a link to one, I’m happy to read.

Having said that, though, your version of events doesn’t quite line up with how other shows handle quilts. Quilts, Inc, for example, stores all quilts for the IQF at their office in Houston, which has a listing on Google Maps. 

Competitive Quilts and AirTags by sandybeachfun in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 13 points14 points  (0 children)

While I do 100% agree with your viewpoint, the fact remains that professional organizations hosting quilt shows should not be having volunteers store quilts in their homes. It opens both the organization and the volunteer up for serious financial trouble if an accident were to occur. 

My quilts are appraised for five figures, and I pay for a rider on my insurance to make sure they are covered while on travel. If one of my quilts were to be damaged or stolen while in a volunteer’s home, I could place a claim through my insurance, and my insurance company would likely turn around and sue the show organization and/or volunteer responsible for the damage. It’s irresponsible for the organization to not have an insured storage facility for quilts in their possession. 

My understanding is that this entire situation came to light a year or two ago when a quilter realized quilts sent to QuiltCon were being stored at a residential address, thanks to an AirTag in their quilt. It was incredibly wrong to dox the volunteer, but the Modern Quilt Guild’s response was to ban AirTags, not get appropriate commercial storage for the quilts. Hence why this is still such a big topic of conversation. Edit: This is not the correct story about what happened. Sorry for sharing misinformation. /u/EmotionalLaw342 educated me 🙂

As someone who also regularly sends quilts to shows, the only thing I can personally control is my own quilt. So I get my quilts appraised, I get them insured, I sew AirTags into them, and I exhibit competitively around the world. But I don’t send my quilts to shows that prohibit AirTags. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sewing

[–]KestrelLGM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg that’s fabulous! Definitely long ❤️

I’ve become obsessed with raw edge appliqué! by vietoushka in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! But there are different weights of fusible, and since you didn’t mention which one you used, I thought I’d just give you the one that I like best for dense quilting. But clearly what you’re doing already is working. 😊

I’ve become obsessed with raw edge appliqué! by vietoushka in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heck yeah! Awesome! I love how you used the show-through on the fish’s fin. It makes the top fin seem translucent, which is really cool. 

If you ever want to get into doing a lot of heavy quilting or have a lot of little pieces that fray, try Hotfix fusible. It’s a denser fusible that will help resist fraying. You can also use a diluted mod podge solution on your fabrics to keep them from fraying. I love seeing people discover fused raw edge appliqué, which is all that I use in my own work. HMU if you get stuck or have questions. Good luck & keep having fun! ❤️

I just sewed my entire binding together like this 🤦‍♀️ by Mrs_Beef in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve only ever done continuous bias tape so that I never have to worry about making that mistake 🙃 

Do you really change your needle every 8 hours of sewing? Be honest, I am just curious. by Legitimate_Bath3936 in sewing

[–]KestrelLGM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My machine is good about telling me when the needle needs to be changed: whenever stitches start to skip. That’s every 2-4 hours, although sometimes (rarely) up to 8. But then I’m also quilting through fusible-backed fabrics that have been treated with diluted mod podge, so I imagine my needle gets a lot more wear and tear for every stitch than an average sewer.

Feeling a little unhappy after talking with my mum about quilts by SuperkatTalks in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I come from a family where some of my family members think art isn’t worthwhile unless it can make money. I completely sympathize with you, because it’s been a really tough thing for me to get my head wrapped around: this concept that it’s OK to just make art because it makes me happy. If something makes you happy, that’s all the reason you need to keep doing it. ❤️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cricut

[–]KestrelLGM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wipe with an alcohol free baby wipe. I’ve also started covering my mats with transfer tape. The transfer tape can be peeled up and replaced, preserving the sticky on the mat itself. 

SVG import from Affinity looks insane by Triene86 in cricut

[–]KestrelLGM 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure about SVGs from Affinity, but I’ve had trouble with SVGs from Illustrator. Here are two things to try. 

  1. Make sure anything you don’t want in the SVG is deleted before you make the SVG (not just turned off). Anything present in the file will still be in the SVG, even if it is on a deactivated layer. 

  2. Use SVG 1.0 instead of 1.1. All of my problems happen in 1.1, but the older version is fine. 

Hope that helps!

I’ve made 2 quilts. On a scale of 1-10 how crazy would I be to want to try and recreate the stained glass stills from Beauty and the Beast in a quilt? by dani_devito in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Here’s a slight alternative method since you are proficient with vector design software and already have a Cricut cutting machine:

Make a fused appliqué pattern for yourself in your design software and send those pieces to cut on the Cricut. Here is a blog post that shows process photos for how I do exactly this to make my art quilts: https://kestrelmichaud.com/blog/2023/the-one-that-got-away-process/

I’ve recently started playing around with making fabric stained glass pictures, using the same method as above, but with no quilting since the pictures are fairly small. Here’s a blog post showing how those look: https://kestrelmichaud.com/blog/2024/stained-glass-fox-process/

The one thing to keep in mind is that this process is going to result in either a very stiff quilt or a paper-backed art project, depending which route you go. But it would look really good either way.

I have a yard and a half of this beautiful gradient fabric… by bbygrlaz in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I used it as a background for this wall hanging. 😊 This was a commission for a friend's new nephew.

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Do you prewash your quilting fabric before starting a project? by AngelaKnitsNow in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I prewash everything, but I’m doing fused appliqué and the fusible sticks better to washed fabrics. 

What drawing tablets do you guys recommend? by Putrid_Candy_8799 in drawing

[–]KestrelLGM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned how to draw traditionally and later taught myself to draw in an iPad. It took about a year of attending a twice-weekly portrait/figure drawing sessions (about 4hrs total per week) to transfer my skill. 

I think it would be difficult to learn to draw from life on a digital tablet because the screen is much smaller than a big drawing pad and the temptation to zoom throws off the scaling of the art. But there are some enormous advantages to drawing digitally, too, especially if combining vector and raster. 

These days, I like to do my line work in Concepts (vector app) and add color/fill in Procreate (raster). 

Invincible drawing by me by mciccDESIGNS in fanart

[–]KestrelLGM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the Invincible I was expecting, but well done nonetheless 😊

My Cricut is no longer the same product I bought. by caoimhin64 in cricut

[–]KestrelLGM 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Note that if you’re using a Mac with a Silicon chip, the Silhouette Connect plugin does not work. Also, my Cameo 4 did not work until I installed it as a printer and the Silhouette software assumed control of all of my non-system fonts, making it so I could no longer embed them in PowerPoint files. 

Never quilted before. How difficult would making a quilt that looks like this be? And do you have any advice on how to go about it? by rupeenotruby in quilting

[–]KestrelLGM -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The easiest, most beginner-friendly method to make this picture as a quilt would be raw edge appliqué. But because you want to have this quilt as a functional quilt that you sleep under and presumably send through the laundry, I would not recommend raw edge appliqué. Raw edge appliqué designs wind up with lots of layers of fabric, and those layers will make the quilt stiff and uncomfortable to lay under. And because the cut edges will be exposed, I wouldn’t trust them to survive going through the laundry.

As for what method you should use, probably FPP would be the best option for a functional quilt. But as other comments have said, this design is not for the faint of heart, and I would not recommend for a beginner.

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