Q&A on Machine Applique


Please submit your technical quilting questions to me by clicking here to email me.  I will try to answer them as as I have time, and post them on this page.

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I appliqué with Microtex Sharp #70/10, or Mettler #60 and Madeira #50 threads.  I use a straight stitch on the edge of appliqué pieces with matching color threads.

For a flannel quilt such as My Forget-Me-Not Crib Quilt, I quilt the top with Aurifil #50 Egyptian cotton for the top, and I use it also in the bobbin thread.  For Batik and 100% cotton fabrics and sateen fabrics I quilt the top with YLI #100 silk (Diane Gaudynski's Signature Color Collection in large spool, 1000m) on top, and Aurifil #50 Egyptian cotton in the bobbin.

For quilting half-inch apart such as on queen-size quilts, I will use up the whole 1000m YLI #100 Silk Spool.  This thread costs $18 per spool, but it is well worth it.  I always use 100% cotton or wool batting in all of my quilts.  I prefer wool batt!!


Petwara

Question: How do I learn your speed methods of producing applique quilts by machine?

Answer:  All my patterns for sale have a step-by-step illustrated description of my method.  My write-up of my methods was recently granted a copyright.  I am also willing to give a teaching workshop on my methods.  Email me regarding my costs.  Click here to see my patterns for sale.

Question:  Who am I and how do you contact me?

Answer: My name is Petwara.  I live and am active in quilting guilds in Southeast Wisconsin.  You can email me at moeyanderson@yahoo.com (you may just click on the email link above).

Question: When can a quilter reproduce an antique quilt?

Answer: Any quilt design from prior to 1978, that was not published, entered the public domain on December 31, 2002, and may be copied without restriction.  Designs that were published before 1978 are copyrighted for the life of the quilter plus 70 years.  

Simply owning a quilt does not give the owner copyright to the design.  I confirmed this fact with the Copyright Office of The Library of Congress.  Click here to see the email that they sent me. Once a design enters the public domain, it may never be copyrighted.  For more information on this topic refer to the latest issue of the AQS magazine.

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