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…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle simple clover leaves to add to The White Clover motif we learned this week. I LOVE everything about white clover. They remind me of summer days and I adore the sweet, fresh scent. Apparently–YOU love White Clover too! This pretty posy received thousands of…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle fabric patterns! We all have so many fabrics we love. We can use the fabric patterns as inspirations for our doodle practice. Look at each piece of fabric carefully. Repeat the shapes, continue the lines and then continue the design with your own patterns. …
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are doodling overlapping motifs! But first– Double Email Notifications File this under–I’d rather be quilting (in fact, I’d rather be dusting or going to the dentist, or….) A note about DOUBLE DOUBLE Eemmaaiillss! Argh! Many people have written to me about the unsubscribe button and the double email…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today, we are going to learn how to doodle a whimsical sheep. The sheep’s body is the perfect place to practice machine quilting motifs! And just in time for spring! (Spring?!? It snowed in Minnesota last week!) The Whimsical Sheep Doodle Start with simple shapes to create the head like…
