Lap App Love!



Cherry Bird from Baltimore Garden Quilt

Having fun stitching applique on my new Lap App!


Thanks to my students at Baltimore on the Prairie for sharing their new Lap App with me.

Best invention ever! The Lap App is a new tool for stitchers of all kinds. Basically, it is a little work surface that you place on your lap and adjust to your own comfortable position for sewing.

I always encourage my hand applique students to brace their hands on a surface for stability

while stitching, rather than hold their sewing up in the air, and to practice good posture

for health and circulation.

So of course, I had to have one! I am so glad I made this investment - using the Lap App while sewing in my comfy armchair allows me to have much better posture. Now I can't wait to use it while sewing in the car, which is always a bit awkward!

The Lap App comes with a sewing themed cloth cover, an ironing cover, fine sandpaper for

tracing onto fabric for hand piecing or applique, and other features. Joyce Haskins, the co-inventor, explains more here: https://lapappstore.net/  

P.S. I have no affiliation, just a happy user.

Keep Stitching!
Barbara M. Burnham

www.barbaramburnham.com

(c) 2016 Barbara M. Burnham. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any kind is expressly prohibited without prior written authorization.

Bird's Eyes at Baltimore On The Prairie

We just returned home from teaching applique at Baltimore on the Prairie in Nebraska City, NE. The cherry bird block from my Baltimore Garden Quilt book was one of the workshops.

It is always fun to see the different fabrics students choose, especially for bird’s eyes.

Small flowers are a great choice for bird eyes.

Circles and polka dots are great choices, if they are not too small to sew.

Edie also used a polka dot.

This bird’s blue eye was cut from the same fabric as the wing, to match, and check out those fancy bird legs!

A red eye, cut from a flower print, and a carefully placed polka dot stripe gave this bird fancy legs!

And who would imagine that this fancy floral print would make fabulous bird eyes? Angela from Ireland, that’s who!

For tips on sewing small bird’s eyes, visit this blog post: Applique a Tiny Bird's Eye.

Hope to see you all again in September 2017 at Baltimore on the Prairie.

Keep Stitching!
Barbara M. Burnham
www.barbaramburnham.com

(c) 2016 Barbara M. Burnham. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any kind is expressly prohibited without prior written authorization.