Background Fills and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today’s Tuesday Tutorial is a really fun variation of an old–as in ancient–design, The Egg and Dart motif. You may recognize the pattern, though it is usually seen in architecture. Building on Other Motifs Last week we stitched the Roof Shingles Motif To stitch the Egg and Dart motif, we are simply…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, I am sharing a small couching project that I stitched for my third book (available Spring, 2020). Bad News: this project got cut from the book. Good News: that means I can share it with you now! What is Couching? Couching is a great quilting or embroidery technique that allows you…
All and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are stitching an EASY new motif-the Roof Shingles Motif. This motif is very easy to stitch and is the building block (pun intended) for other motifs we will learn later. It is a great motif to fill a background quickly. You can change the look of the motif by changing…
Machine Quilting
Good Morning, Quilters! Faye and I just got back from an exciting trip to BERNINA University in Jacksonville, Florida. BERNINA University is a yearly trade show sponsored by BERNINA of America and attended by dealers across the country. As soon as we stepped foot in the lobby of the hotel, we could feel the energy…
Nature and more
Applique and more
Good Morning, Quilters! This week, I am working on my Boxes and Vines project– quilting the applique flowers and leaves. For all of my quilts, I have a general quilting plan as I begin, and allow the plan to evolve as I stitch. Before I create my plan, I try to think about what I…
