Doodles and more
Today’s Topic: Fantasy Flower Quilt Doodles Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Doodles don’t have to be mindless meandering. Sometimes it’s better to have a plan when you begin doodling. This month we will be following a plan to become better doodlers. The goal is to then translate our doodles into quilt motifs. Check out the…
Doodles and more
Today’s Topic: Add Layers to Spirals and Petals Doodles Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! I hope by now you have pulled out a pen and started doodling. If not–today is Monday. Mondays are always great days to start a new habit! Because doodlers make better quilters, we are going to spend most of the month…
Doodles and more
Today’s Topic: Doodle Spirals and Petals Good Afternoon, Quilters and Doodlers! It’s 17 degrees below zero here in Minnesota-a perfect time to sit by the fire, sip a cup of tea and doodle my way to better quilting! In our last lesson we doodled spirals. We doodled large and small, clockwise and counterclockwise spirals. Today…
Doodles
Today’s Topic: Doodle Your Way to Better Quilting Happy New Year, Quilters and Doodlers! Let’s start the quilting year by getting back to basics–doodling! You CAN doodle YOUR way to better machine quilting! In my humble opinion, doodling is the fastest way to improve your quilting. It improves your hand-eye coordination and helps you plan…
2021 Quilt-a-long and more
Today’s Topic: Try Mini Doodles! Welcome to Week 6 of our 2021 Quilt-a-Long, Even Better Machine QuiltingThis FREE multi-week tutorial is based on my books available in my Etsy shop: LoriKennedyShop Sign up for emails of the class HERE. Join the private Quilting with LKQ Facebook Group HERE Find the 2021 QAL links HERE Find…
25 Week Quilt-a-Long and more
Today’s Topic: The Doodle Alphabet for Quilters Welcome to the Better Machine Quilt-a-long based on my book 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting. Find all of the previous Lessons HERE. Sign up for emails of the class HERE. Good Morning, Quilters! Last week we started practicing Six Essential Doodles for Quilters- These six motifs are…
25 Week Quilt-a-Long and more
Welcome to the Better Machine Quilt-a-long based on my book 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting.(Find all of the previous Lessons HERE. Sign up for emails of the class HERE.) Today’s Topic: Paper, Electronic and Other Doodle Options Good Morning, Quilters! This week is dedicated to a very important topic–doodling! (I bet your grammar school…
25 Week Quilt-a-Long and more
Welcome to the Better Machine Quilt-a-long based on my book 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting. (Find all of the previous Lessons HERE. Sign up for emails of the class HERE.) Today’s Topic: Six Essential Doodles for Quilters Good Morning, Quilters! Ooodles of Doodles…I LOVE hearing YOUR testimonies regarding the benefits of doodling! Even if your doodles aren’t…
25 Week Quilt-a-Long and more
Welcome to the Better Machine Quilt-a-long based on my book 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting.(Find all of the previous Lessons HERE. Sign up for emails of the class HERE.) Today’s Topic: Why Every Quilter Should Doodle Good Morning, Quilters! This is from Dictionary.com: Hmm…in my humble opinion, Dictionary.com has it all wrong. Doodling…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle a whole cloth quilt similar to Henry’s car and truck quilt. The first thing to decide is the compositional style. What is a Compositional Style? Basically, a composition is a way of arranging the elements (motifs). Choosing a composition simplifies our design work by…
