Hello everyone! This is Kim Lapacek of
Persimon Dreams visiting with you on the blog today! Every year I host a fun challenge on my blog called
Project QUILTING.
Project QUILTING Is a challenge that gives you a prompt and then ONE WEEK to start and finish the challenge. I know this deadline sounds insane but I promise it's doable!
HeatnBond Lite
One tool that helps me add that extra "pop" to so many of the quilts I make for Project QUILTING Challenges is
HeatNBond Lite.
HeatNBond Lite is truly a game changer.
I've used HeatNBond Lite for two the three challenges so far in
Season 10 of Project QUILTING.
Hope Springs Eternal
The first challenge was
"Hope Springs Eternal" and I made a quilt I called
"New Nest".
I started out my project with a sketch of this bird. I knew I wanted to raw edge applique this onto the quilt and HeatNBond Lite made that fast and easy! I just traced the parts I wanted in different colors onto the HeatNBond Lite and fused them right down to the quilt top.
In a few hours - this piece was complete!
Red, White and Blue
The second challenge for Project QUILTING Season 10 was Red, White and Blue. I went to my go-to quilt pattern - a convergence quilt.
Once I had it all together it just wasn't enough. I knew I needed to applique some things onto it and HeatNBond Lite made this possible!
I fused a chunk of HeatNBond Lite to the wrong side of the
Alison Glass Diving Board fabric. Once it was fused I was able to fussy cut bits of the fabric out and add it to the quilt. I also fused HeatNBond lite to whale and sand dollar fabric. All these little things just made the piece pop.
Before I knew it
"Octopus's Garden" was finished!
Pixel Play
The current challenge from
Project QUILTING is "Pixel Play" and I have a plan that will definitely involve HeatNBond lite. My fingers are crossed that it looks as amazing on fabric as it does in my mind!
The moral of this post is - if you want to add some fun elements - quick and easy - to your project - be sure to grab your
ThermoWeb HeatNBond Lite and raw edge applique away!
