Nov
15
Flying Fan Kites
Filed Under Admin notes, Fusible web, Patterns, Raw edge | 5 Comments
New on the website: a brand-new pattern, Flying Fan Kites.
As I was working on Scrap-Appliqué Playground, which whacks together scraps and cuts appliqués out of them, I jotted down ideas for taking the idea on a tangent and using traditional pieced blocks.
Flying Fan Kites is the first pattern from that list! You piece a fan and then cut a kite and kite-tails out of it! It’s fun! This is a little guy, 12″ x 16″.
The kites are paper-pieced. Do not groan. Do not fear the paper-piecing. I made it so systematic, so no-brainer, you will not get confused or sew a piece into place that won’t cover when flipped. The full-size foundations are included and ready to use.
Once the fans are pieced, I use paper-backed fusible web for the machine-appliquéd kites and kite-tails. I’ve now started to offer SoftFuse in the 10-pack, and that’s up on my website too, in the Notions section.
Cheers,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
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Apr
19
Karen visits the Playground!
Filed Under Books, Patched appliqué, Show & Tell, The road to Book 3 | 11 Comments
Tuesday was the Official Publication Day for Scrap-Appliqué Playground. Happy dancing, happy dancing! It doesn’t get much more exciting for an author than that!
The publisher, Martingale, recently launched a wonderful new blog called Stitch This! (You’ll want to subscribe.)
I’m so excited that today there’s a post by Karen Johnson of the marketing team, in which she recounts her eagerness to visit the Playground, and the fun she had on her first trip! I couldn’t love it more. It’s so cool, you have to go and see. Not only that, they’re giving away a copy of the eBook hot off the digital presses!
Stitch This!
My copies are en route, in fact Brown should be paying me a visit later today. Just as soon as I have them in hand I’ll be updating my website, hopefully as early as tonight.
They’re here! The new book is now available on my website, kaymackenzie.com!
Martingale sent me this button. Notice the new birdy logo. Very cute.
Back soon,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
Oct
10
A name, and a cover!
Filed Under Books, The road to Book 3 | 18 Comments
The new book that I’m working on for That Patchwork Place now has an official name! Not only that, it has a cover!
Meet Scrap-Appliqué Playground.
This is something different for me. My previous two with TPP were block books. This one is more of a concept, method, and project book. It’s also different because the fabrics and the projects are rather fresh and modern compared to my usual look. In fact I heard that when the projects were spread out on the table for the committee, they said, “Kay Mackenzie sent these…???” That’s funny. Different again in that all of the work is done by machine. Not bad for a girl who started out doing everything by hand! I enjoyed working differently a whole bunch.
Look for Scrap-Appliqué Playground in April 2012. I’ll be hosting a Book-A-Round, so stay tuned!
Until next time,
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
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