Flowers/Leaves and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today’s machine quilting tutorial is for the Welsh Leaf motif! Welsh quilting is one of my favorite styles of quilting and has influenced my machine quilting designs. I am always inspired by the easy-going style of the Welsh quilting tradition. (Follow my Welsh Quilting Pinterest Board HERE) The History of Welsh Quilting…
Art
Quilt and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today from my notebook: Quilting 101 , What is a fat quarter? This post was requested by my daughters, Faye and Nora, who are just learning to quilt. Understanding the terminology of quilting is one of the details that experienced quilters take for granted, but cause confusion for new quilters. Fabric on…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today’s tutorial on how to quilt a baby chick is over at BERNINA’s WeAll Sew blog. It’s a fun, step-by-step tutorial and it even includes a video! If you follow BERNINA or Lori Kennedy Quilts on Facebook or Instagram-you may have seen the video. It has gone viral with more than 70,000…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, we have a Nancy Drew style mystery, one we can all relate to—The Case of the Missing Thread Label! A few weeks ago, we discussed thread weight and how it determines the look of our machine quilting. Read Understanding of Thread Weight. Then, we used thread weight to choose the correct…
Machine Quilting Basics and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to discuss the all-important topic of how to choose the right sewing machine needle size for quilting and for any sewing. FREE SHIPPING Before we get started, just a quick reminder that there are just three days left of our FREE SHIPPING sale ($5 off international orders) on…
Art and more
The Portrait of Dora Maar Read more about the heist from a luxury yacht at ArtCops.com Read about the recent recovery by “The Indiana Jones of the Art World” at Smithsonian.com Read more about Pablo Picasso’s mistress, Dora Maar at Artsy.com Read about Pablo Picasso at PabloPicasso.org
Machine Quilting Basics and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today I hope to provide a better understanding of thread weight. It is an important topic as choosing the right thread can be the difference between great and disappointing results when machine quilting! Join Us on Instagram! Before we get started, I would like to invite you to join me on Instagram…
