American Quilter Subscription Giveaway!
Today’s Topic: American Quilter Subscription Giveaway!
Welcome to Week Nine of The Better Machine Quilt-a-long based on my book 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting.
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Good Morning, Quilters!
Let’s celebrate! We are heading into our tenth week of quilting already!–We’ve come so far already–and most of the technical stuff is behind us. Now we can dive into the fun design aspects of machine quilting.
Speaking of good design…
American Quilter Magazine
For more that six years, I have written the “My Line” column in American Quilter Magazine. (Thank you to Ann Hammel, editor-in-chief who was an early follower of The Inbox Jaunt!)
American Quilter Magazine is one of the perks of being a member of the American Quilter Society. Membership also includes early access to shows and workshops and discounts on products and classes.
The magazine is chock full of great patterns, product reviews, award-winning quilt inspiration….It is a must-have in YOUR quilt library. (Not to mention an exciting prize in your mailbox!)
The Giveaway
To enter the American Quilter subscription giveaway please leave a comment today here at Lori Kennedy Quilts.
Please share a small quilting victory.
We would LOVE to hear about what you’ve learned over the past weeks. Perhaps you’ve discovered you work better with a hoop than with gloves. Or you’ve overcome your fear of adjusting tension. Maybe you’ve discovered the joy of doodling…
Everything you’ve learned is a small victory!
Have you finished quilt or project, or learned a new motif…Victory!
Sneak Preview
We will announce the winner (drawn at random) on Friday, August 21, 2020.
(Winners outside of the US will receive the digital subscription.)
The Lesson next week is on directional stitching and we will create the Sunny Day Quilt! It’s fast and easy and sure to add a little sunshine to YOUR week!
Note About Seamstresses in Fine Art
For the past five years, LKQ Saturdays have been dedicated to “Seamstresses in Fine Art”. While I’m sure I can find another five years worth of Seamstresses (they were a very popular subject) I would like to change things up a bit…For the next several months, I plan to highlight art by museum. In August and September, I will share highlights from the collection at The Art Institute of Chicago. I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago so it was my introduction to fine art, and I suppose will always be my favorite museum. Last Saturday, we started with Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on LaGrande Jatte.
I hope you will continue to be inspired by and enjoy Fine Art Saturdays--one museum at a time!
What are YOUR Little Victories
What lesson has been most helpful to you?
Is there a small insight that has made quilting easier?
Have YOU tried the Fast/Slow Exercise?
Did YOU try the spray starch smooth glide experiment?
Have YOU created any of your own experiments?
What’s YOUR quilting super power?
We’d LOVE to hear!
Your Proud American Quilter,
Lori
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My small victory is that I finally figured out the combination of settings on my sewing machine so I can FMQ a fluffy wool batting with a flannel backing. Warmest combination ever, but you have to really lower your pressure on the pressure dial.
Biggest victory for me is just overcoming my fear of trying FMQ! The second victory is doodling doodling more often (though I haven’t gotten to a daily routine yet).
You are so expiring! I just bought your book and I am going to read page by page, before I start anything. I did something like this over thirty years ago, but nothing since. You have re-energized me. Grazie!
Biggest accomplishment for me was to actually getting started on my FMQ journey. Thank you!
My FMQ on a recent table runner was much better. i didn’t have as many episodes of the machine running away from me.
I’m late to the party. Just purchased your book and will begin the lessons this week. My victory is that I am beginning my journey. Thank you!
My small victory and now my super power is stippling!👏🏻👏🏻 I now will be able to move on,thanks to that and thanks to Lori!
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to work on a machine – had right knee replacement surgery and can’t sew with right foot comfortably. Can piece with left or right foot, but slowly. Planning to start from the beginning as soon as I’m able to.
My small victory is playing/practicing with my ‘quilt sandwiches’. It’s lowered my anxiety when it’s time to quilt – for real! – on a project. This is a great journey that will last a lot longer than 25 weeks. Thanks!!
I’m so enjoying this teaching course. My skills ate definitely improving. Thank you.
For me it started with doodling! Never was allowed to doodle in school, just practice cursive, over and over. So now I am becoming a doodler and just need a pad around the house and when inspired doodle. And FMQ is something I have always wanted to do, and now I am on my way! Thank you Lori and all of you who on this journey with me, you inspire me!
Actually, mine is a great big victory! Last year my husband and had a terrible car accident on ice. He was killed and I was injured and it took a while, actually many months, to get to a new normal. For many months I could not bring myself to sit down and quilt. I missed it terribly. Finally, I started making masks for my neighbors, and have finally decided to finish a quilt that had been just sitting there for 18 months. It feels so right! I’ve never stopped reading your posts, and they have kept that tiny flame alive. I’m now back. Thank you!
Hi. I just wanted to say I’m so glad you’ve got back to quilting, it certainly is a big victory on your part, I know myself how much quilting can help us heal.Enjoy your quilt once you finish it!
My small victory was HUGE! Your post about needle size and thread weight changed my sewing life. Now I can’t wait to start using your book to get some beautiful, fun things under my belt. Thank you!
So happy you’re here and doing this long class. I would be better if i.did.it every day but still see.improvement even with my sporadic work. When.I began.My panels looked ugly.and.messy. Fast forward and looking back.they really just look shaky, not horrible.small improvements are still improvements, thank you!
Hi Lori, My victory is about doodling. This is something I have struggled with for some time (I don’t know why…) Yes, doodling does work for imprinting the shape into your mind and making the stitching more “automatic”, rather than stressful. It also helps for planning the next direction of stitching or for the next change of pattern, again because it is a familiar transition due to the practice. Thank you for your tips and tricks, they are awesomely helpful 🙂
I just love your whimsical approach to FMQ and recently finish quilting some of your motifs on different blocks and well as fillers. Super fun.
My small victory is taking the time to practice. Practicing really helps me gain confidence in my FMQ ability. I am enjoying the process. Thank you Lori!
My victory is doing doodling daily to help with FMQ.
Practice and PATIENCE with myself to take it easy and go at a pace that is comfortable for me, not try to keep up with someone else. Thank you for being so generous with your talents!
I love your posts and have used several of your designs in my fmq.
My small victory is knowing that your lessons will be ready when I am, no need to panic or do things in an incomplete manner. My life HAS to slow down sometime soon. Right?
I purchased the Boogie board you recommended so I have been doodling up a storm. My small quilting victory is my doodles are transferring to an actual quilt sandwich…finally! Your book is so helpful and I just love this 25 week learning schedule!!
One of my victories is to just do doodling. Although I don’t really like doodling, when I know what to doodle, it is much more rewarding. I’ve practiced doodling one particular design that I’m having trouble with in FMQ and have found that I’m finally getting the hang of it. Also, I’ve enjoyed doodling the flowers that Lori has taught us- mine have actually turned out looking like flowers!!
I hope I’m not too late to enter! You have given me courage to do FMQ. Love you!
I have had tension problems in the past. Thank you for help with getting my perfect stitch!
LOVE the book and so helpful for you to encourage us daily through your blog! My victory is that I am discovering I’m better at some motifs than others, which may become my “go-tos”!
I just love your books and these lessons! I am learning so much! Thank you!
Doodling has been a new big helper and I think my big (not little) success!! Also by purchasing the other books of yours I have a paper copy and also the online helpers to follow. Loving the lessons and great advice from you and all the fellow quilters!😘
I could’ve used your classes 20 years ago when I first started quilting but they still are helpful now and plan to use them every day. Thank you for taking the time and the details to show us the way
My biggest victory is that I finally found fmq instructions on youtube and started to learn how to fmq from those videos. I have wanted to fmq since the 80s, but it was not a tradition in Sweden, so no books on the topic and no irl-teacher, and, of course, the internet was not yet invented! Love modern technology, especially in combination with traditional techniques made available!
Estou amando essas 25 semanas…….o que mais me impactou foi escrever em nossas colchas, deixar uma assinatura, um sentimento, fazer uma colcha personalizada…….gosto muito de como você ensina Lori, quando não podemos estar na máquina quiltando, com certeza estamos pensando num movimento, numa peça, em cores e rabiscos.
There are so many things I’ve learned with LKQ 25 week online class. I think I am most grateful for the encouragement to doodle, something I’ve never done. It has been divine! Even learned to draw ourGuide Dog Puppy, Latifah! Lovely!!!
My cousins and my sister and I went to Paduccah, KY to the quilt show in 2005 We all joined the American Quilters Society for the discounts and perks. We loved the show and the magazine. i was happy to see Lori teaching us in the back. The magazine is absolutely amazing with all the quilts from the shows. So much inspiration!