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Good Morning, Quilters and Fishermen! I’m back from a week away, rested and renewed…more on that later this week. In the meantime, let’s get quilting! Today we are working on The School of Fish pattern. It can be used as a whimsical border, or as a background fill. It requires a little doodle practice, but…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Are you ready to squirm and squeal?? Halloween is just around the corner–and what can give a fright faster than the dreaded… SPIDER! I’m not sure which makes me shudder more–a mouse, a snake or a spider! Today’s tutorial was inspired by a reader of The Inbox Jaunt–thanks, Jane! When Jane saw…
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Good Morning, Quilters! It’s Tuesday…and time for another FREE free motion quilt tutorial. Spring has finally reached as far as Stillwater Minnesota and so have the birds. It’s so nice to hear birds singing again! (It was a long winter!) So let’s welcome the birds with a tutorial! THE BABY BIRD TUTORIAL Birds are fun…
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Good Morning, Quilters! I hope the weather is warming up wherever you are! Last Tuesday, the temperature in Minnesota was -17F and it’s already 35F today! HOOT! HOOT! Speaking of heating up… The lines are smoking over at the “Meander No More” offices…but great seating is still available…You don’t need to be at the live Webinar to…
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CRAWLEY-BUGS We’ve been embellishing our flower gardens with flying fauna–The Bumble Bee and The Dragonfly–all created from the Humble Circle… Today, we are going to add a few creepy-crawley bugs for our garden…The Ambitious Ant and the Curious Caterpillar. THE AMBITIOUS ANT Begin by stitching a large, counter-clockwise circle, followed by a smaller clockwise circle.…
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Good Morning, Quilters! As I mentioned yesterday, I have been a busy bee for the last few weeks. I just got back from a lovely Ladies Week in Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard…If I haven’t answered your questions–that is why. I will answer all the questions over the next few days. Also, a few of you…
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Did you ever have one of those SLOW days? Days that you don’t even want to get out of your pajamas? Tommy the Turtle has them all the time–but he knows the secret…. Slow and Steady Wins the Race! In honor of Tommy – and embracing his motto–let’s stitch a new motif! TOMMY the…
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Welcome, Quilters! Welcome to my haunted website. Indeed, I believe I was cursed last week at my quilt retreat…we were talking about people who have stitched through their fingers!…And as I began this tutorial this morning, I did just that! I stitched through my right index finger. I was pinned ( no pun intended) to…
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Today is Tuesday and we are going to sew seashells in the sunshine (no sea-shore here in Minnesota!) We are stitching a lovely border or fill pattern called The Clam Shell. There are many variations of The Clamshell that we can explore going forward, but this one is easy and lovely. I am sure you…
