Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle in color in our ongoing series, Better Quilting Through Doodling! First–a really fabulous announcement! Bluprint is offering their entire class library FREE for two weeks! This is a great opportunity to dabble in things you’ve never tried before or take a deep dive into…
Doodles and more
Good Afternoon, Quilters! Today we will continue to doodle with scallops and lines. Basic shapes can be combined to create a wide range of patterns. Just keep your pencil moving! See how many different shapes and patterns you can create with scallops, tapered scallops, circles and lines. (Tutorials and ideas below.) Scallops Tapered Scallops Circles…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to learn how to doodle with circles and lines! Well, “learn” is a strong word for doodling….We are going to practice doodling– circles and lines are the prompt. Today, your challenge is to only use circles and lines! I often find that limiting the elements, makes…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to learn how to doodle circles! Of course you don’t need a lesson in how to doodle circles… Our mini-class, Better Quilting Through Doodling is not so much a series of lessons as it is a list of prompts to encourage you to doodle. Doodling helps quilters develop…
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…
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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!…
