Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to learn how to doodle tapered scallops. Doodling is a great way to improve your free motion quilting skill. In our series, Better Quilting Through Doodling, we are going to learn the basic building blocks of many quilt motifs. Doodling helps develop both muscle memory and…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to learn to doodle scallops! Doodling is the fastest way to become a better quilter! Doodling helps build muscle memory and muscle memory allows you to quilt smoother lines. When you haven’t developed the muscle memory before quilting, you will hesitate when you stitch parts of a motif. …
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to learn how to create a doodle envelope! As you have heard me say hundreds of times–the fastest way to improve your quilting is to doodle! When you doodle on an envelope you will need to doodle around shapes–just like you do when machine quilting. Perfect…
About and more
Bongiorno, Quilters and Travlers! Today, I would like to share my travel journal for Italy. With the news of devastating floods in Venice this week, I spent a little time reviewing my photos and my journal. Our Travel Agent First, I’d like to give a shout out to our travel agent, Lindsay from Passion for…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we have a little diversion from quilting-we’re block printing doodles! Last week, I was in Wisconsin for a quilting retreat with my sisters and friends. (We’ve been going to the same retreat for over twenty years.) We quilt all day and late into the evening, but after awhile I needed a…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we have an example of how to doodle and quilt a bouquet of flowers. YOU doodle, right!? If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you are sure to know that I consider it one of the most important things you can do as a quilter!…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Doodlers and Quilters! Are YOU ready for some early morning doodle exercises? Morning is a good time for doodling. It is a quiet activity that helps your brain transition from dreaming to wakefulness. Perhaps you would even consider getting up 15 minutes early to doodle?! (Like most personal trainers, I ask a…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! One of my goals for 2019 is to work larger. Now that I have a sit-down long arm, the BERNINA Q20 (more on that later this week), I want to see how my motifs translate to large-scale patterns. MOVE OVER MOOD BOARD I have two large framed corkboards in…
Design and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today I have a little challenge for you. Try arranging your doodles in a composition. Choose three motifs. I chose The Snowman, The Pretty Package (both from More Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3, pages 45 and 111) and a simple tree. (There are four Easy Trees in my first book, but not…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quiltoodlers! (Not to be confused with Quiltoddlers–most of whom can’t read yet…) NATURE NOTES Thank you for all who posted suggestions and explanations yesterday! It was fun to hear all the possibilities for the big footprint. Half the fun was that it wasn’t clear what it was…lion, tiger, or bear! OH MY!!…
