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!!…
DIY and more
Good Morning, Quilters! If you’ve been a follower for any period of time, you may know that I LOVE to doodle! I will doodle on anything–from my newspaper to my husband’s important mail (oops! only once… …or twice) BEST DOODLE PAPER There are a lot of papers that are great for doodling, but I notice…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters! I have a new toy for doodling! I have an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil and recently found an app called Procreate. I’m just in the learning phase of this powerful tool. One of my favorite parts of Procreate is the time-lapse video it creates. I only wish it had a…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Did YOU have fun doodling a few Silly Birds from Tuesday’s Tutorial? I sat down to doodle and pretty soon I’d filled several pages including a Ridiculous Rooster (coming next Tuesday!) If I doodle long enough, I always come back to flowers! Hope YOUR day is filled with silly…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters and Morel Lovers! Yesterday we worked on a basic motif–A Mushroom for Rose. The key to smooth quilting is to doodle the motif many, many times. The repetition creates the muscle memory required for smooth quilting, but it does much more… It helps you create variations, and variety is what turns a…
