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Good Morning, Quilters! Today we have the easiest motif every quilter should learn-Flower Power! But first, news about books and shipping. I will be receiving cases of THE Book-25 Days to Better Machine Quilting-on Thursday and will begin shipping immediately. I am so excited for you to get your “hands-on” this book so we can…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to learn how to quilt the quarter moon motif. It’s my new favorite motif! (I’m pretty sure I say that every week!) But first, a word of encouragement from Admiral William McRaven: The Coronavirus Has Thrown Us All in the Mud. Admiral. McRaven, first came to my attention…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to add handwriting to our quilts. It’s the fastest way to add personality to quilts. Because cursive is a continuous line (with a few exceptions), handwriting is a natural quilting motif. NOTE-Today’s post contains a tutorial, a pop quiz and homework! Continuous Line Design Most of the letters…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are stitching an EASY new motif-the Roof Shingles Motif. This motif is very easy to stitch and is the building block (pun intended) for other motifs we will learn later. It is a great motif to fill a background quickly. You can change the look of the motif by changing…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Today, our goal is to keep machine quilting fun with four easy quilting motifs! Quilting does not need to be difficult! Many motifs add character AND are easy! I’ve chosen four motifs that are my favorites (today)—I may need to add to this list in the future. OOPS! The Rose and…
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Good Morning, Quilters! I don’t want any commentary from the peanut gallery–(especially family…)–about the name of today’s tutorial… Before we get to work… QUIZ–FREE MOTION MACHINE QUILTING 1-2-3 Many of you have received your copies of The Book… Now the question is…how many of YOU read it thoroughly? Did YOU read the Dedication page? (It’s…
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Happy Valentine’s Day, Quilters! Today we have an EASY–BEGINNER quilt motif! As you know, I LOVE Spirals, but they are challenging… (Read Four Steps to Perfect Spirals–my first ever online tutorial—HERE) To help Beginners get the look of Spirals without the stress, I added The Messy Spiral Rose HERE And now I’ve discovered another…
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Good Morning, (Focused and Organized) Quilters! There are more than 100 tutorials in our FREE Library. Everything from beginner motifs to advanced patterns and from modern to traditional. There are whimsical motifs and classic borders…but up until now, there has not been The Most Popular Motif Ever–The Feather. Why no feathers you ask??? Because I…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Did YOU think of a few potential personal symbols after our blog hop yesterday? Don’t forget to comment on yesterday’s post to enter to win a copy of Deborah Boschert’s new book, Art Quilt Collage. Also, be sure to hop on over to the other blogs–it’s a great way to travel around…
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Good Morning, Quilters and Fitness Buffs! Have you been #movingmore? This week–challenge yourself to walk 15 minutes before you quilt each day! Once we sit down at the sewing machine…it’s much harder! QUILTING SQUARES For the next few weeks we are going to concentrate on quilting square blocks. Many (perhaps most?) blocks are square…
