http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/g/midwayfarms/tags/Hand+Applique/default.aspxTags: Hand AppliqueenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/272471.aspxTue, 25 Oct 2011 00:34:56 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:272471Kathy M. Boice5<p>I had taken a&nbsp;beginner&#39;s quilting&nbsp;class in November 1993 thru a training center from Chrysler where my husband worked in Huntsvile, Alabama. The instructor for this class was Helen Debuty, owner of &quot;The Crafty Bear&quot; in Decatur, Alabama. I took the class with my best friend Rita Holdmeyer. &nbsp;The class involved making a 14&quot; muslin practice square, bound in a floral self made binding. It was hand quilted by using masking tape to guide our lines for quilting. I gave this practice piece to my Granddaughters for their baby dolls.&nbsp;</p> <p>In January of 1994, I began&nbsp;this 32&quot; X 32&quot; &nbsp;Sampler Wall hanging,&nbsp;is a Georgia Bonesteel&nbsp;pattern, Lap Quilting, quilt as you go, then lap it together and sew on the back side. I enjoyed making this, but have not done any other quilting projects this way since. I&nbsp;chose four different 100% cotton fabrics. The four&nbsp;12&quot; blocks are Drunkard&#39;s path, Applique hearts, Ohio Star and Nine Patch. The blocks were hand cut with templates,&nbsp;hand and machine pieced, finished with hand quilting and hand stitching the completed blocks together. A floral 3&quot; sashing and border were machine sewn on and included is&nbsp;the self made bias binding.&nbsp;&nbsp;I used a Moutain Mist batting. </p>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/270791.aspxSat, 22 Oct 2011 01:39:15 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:270791Kathy M. Boice6<p>This 100% cotton 56 X 65 machine pieced&nbsp;quilt I made has twelve hand embroidered&nbsp;6&quot; blocks of an Umbrella&nbsp;Doll, set together with sashing and two added floral borders. It was machined Quilted by Debra Ledbetter of Pulaski, TN. &nbsp;I embroidered the blocks while I was laid up in 2002 from Charcot&#39;s which is a diabetes complication. I was not allowed on my feet at all for 3 1/2 months. I knew I would be in the cast so I lined up many projects within reach to work on while I was &quot;down&quot;. After the cast from the Charcot&#39;s was removed, I was diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma on the bottom of my right foot. I had had a brown spot there for 20 years, but I guess the cast &quot;stirred it up&quot; or something and the Melanoma was discovered. I had two surgeries to remove it and Praise the Lord, it has never returned!! </p>