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…
Doodles
Good Morning, Doodlers and Quilters! Last week, we used a grid and a simple doodle to create complex-looking quilt designs. Read – Easy Doodles for Those Who Think They Can’t After seeing the post, my friend, Deborah Johnson called me with this great tip: Many wrapping papers come with a one inch grid on…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Do YOU find doodling challenging? Do YOU have difficulty thinking of what to doodle? The solution: Start with a grid! Start with a grid and repeat any simple design to create very complex looking designs. For this exercise, I used a ruler to draw a one-inch grid. (If you…
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Good Morning, Quilters, Doodlers and Writers! Do YOU love notebooks? Do YOU love paper? Are YOU ever frustrated because a notebook does not have the right combination of paper for YOU? I have the perfect answer! Make YOUR own Notebook or Journal! It’s EASY and you can use any combination of paper that…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Last week we doodled circles of different sizes and we filled the inside of the circles. See Staggered Circles HERE This week we will start with Staggered Circles again, but let’s leave the center blank and design the outside of the circles. First, draw lines equidistant apart on a sheet…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters! Wasn’t it fun to see Jana’s amazing quilting on her treadle sewing machine!? Thank you to all of those who wrote in about another treadle quilter, Tim Latimer of TimQuilts.com. His quilts are also beautiful! I know many of you have treadle machines–it might be a fun thing to try in…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters! What is the best way to doodle? My favorite way to doodle is on paper…any paper. I doodle in sketchbooks, on newspapers, on envelopes. Any paper that dares get near my pen–watch out! But…recently, I found a new way to doodle–a Boogie Board! The Boogie Board is described as Liquid Crystal…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! (and maybe a few Zentanglers!) I hope you had fun doodling Christmas trees last week. Trees are a simple design and can be decorated in so many ways. (Tree Doodles are HERE) This week, let’s combine the trees in compositions to create either a quilt block or a whole…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! It’s time for another Doodle Lesson…because we all know…”If you can doodle it, you can quilt it!” Doodling is the fastest way to improve your machine quilting skills–and it’s fun, too! Today we are doodling Christmas Trees. Start with the basic shape–nothing fancy and don’t worry about symmetry. Next, divide…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Last week, I traveled for the first time to Houston for Quilt Market and when we arrived we realized we were in for a special treat–the Astros were playing in the World Series just a few steps from our hotel! The city was abuzz with Astro Fever and Quiltmania! …
