Sewing
Today’s Topic: Making Dolls Good Afternoon, Quilters! I have a new hobby. Like many of you, a new hobby is the last thing I need! But now that I have a grand daughter (I have six grandsons), I have been following the never-ending rabbit hole of the Pinterest doll making category And then that lead…
Quilt
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, I have a real treat for you! We are continuing our owl theme this week with a FREE Owl Paper Piecing Pattern. Peggy Aare and Susan Hilsenbeck First, I must introduce (or reintroduce) you to two readers, Peggy Aare and Susan Hilsenbeck. Several years ago–back when we were The Inbox Jaunt—the…
Design and more
Animals/Bugs and more
Good Afternoon, Quilters! This is Owl week here at Lori Kennedy Quilts. A pair of owls live near my house and I get a thrill from hearing them converse across the trees. I’ve never seen them–except in shadow. So I have to use a little imagination… The Owl on BERNINA WeAllSew BERNINA recently published…
Applique and more
Happy Veteran’s Day, Quilters! In keeping with yesterday’s theme of free motion quilting play, I have a quick and easy technique for you to try. Try applique stars with an unfinished edge–raw edge applique. These stars were made by layering scraps of fabric over a piece of canvas and free motion quilting the star. The…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips
Today’s Topic: Free Motion Quilting Play Good Morning, Quilters! Today we have a serious topic: play time! When learning a new skill or honing an old one, play time is essential to developing new ideas and innovating. Play is the time spent working on technique-without an end goal in mind. The only goal is pure…
Longarm Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! I’ve been quilting for more than twenty years! Most of my free motion quilting has been done on a variety of (BERNINA) domestic sewing machines: B830, B150QE, B770QE. In 2017, I purchased the BERNINA Q20, a sit-down (stationary) quilting machine and early this year, I purchased a BERNINA Q24 long arm with…
