Background Fills and more
Good Morning, Machine Quilters! I was doodling away and this fabulous machine quilting motif showed up on my notepad! (I love when that happens!) With a little machine quilting magic, we could create a beautiful row of flower pots like the Windowsill Garden HERE. I plan to machine quilt a border of these modern flowers…
About and more
Good Afternoon, Quilters! It’s been a busy month as Faye, Nora and I put the final labels on all the photos, motifs, and posts for the BIG MOVE! Our goal is to make Lori Kennedy Quilts THE BEST Machine Quilting Resource for motifs, supplies, inspiration and education. The BIG MOVE was necessary to create a…
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Blogging and more
Good Morning, Quilters! First, a big thank you to all who reported about whether or not they were able to view photos. I’ve been working with Bluehost, the hosting company to fix this. It makes me even happier that we are moving… As I reported yesterday, I have been working on two huge projects. The…
Books and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Thank YOU all for your hilarious mouse stories and for helping me name my little, free motion quilted mouse. I’m thinking of calling her Squilt. What do you think? And maybe we could name her companion Squee. Squee and Squilt? Maybe it’s time to write a children’s book? LOL MAYBE I SHOULD STAY FOCUSED!!! Behind the Scenes As you may have noticed, after more than…
Quilt and more
Good Afternoon, Quilters! HELP! I have received several messages that some of you are not able to load the photos accompanying the blog posts! I believe most of you still are able to view them and I haven’t changed anything on my end… If YOU can not see this photo (it is an adorable FMQ…
Motifs and more
Good Morning, Quilters! We haven’t had a Tuesday Tutorial in awhile! Eek! There’s a mouse in the house! How to Machine Quilt a Mouse Motif Begin by stitching a straight line from left to right. Add a curved line that ends in a taper. Backtrack five or six stitches. Add a double loop ear. Add…
Design and more
Good Morning, Quilters! I’m reporting from the Tundra today! It’s a balmy -7 degrees here in Minnesota and we’ve had 12 inches of snow! I say “balmy” because it beats last week when we hovered around -27F (with windchill -50)! Blogging Mojo I’ve kind of lost my blogging mojo of late…(yes, mojo is a word in the…
Machine Quilting and more
Hello there, Quilters! A little wave from my latest project. I’m working on this Snowman quilt. It’s a little larger than my usual “vase quilts” and I don’t have a real plan… This is one of the things that I enjoy about free motion quilting–you don’t need a pattern. No cutting, just start quilting! What…
Creativity and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Please indulge me…I’ve been quietly quilting and thinking…. Why do we quilt? Why do we cut apart large pieces of fabric into small pieces only to sew them back together again?! Why don’t we just go to a department store and buy a blanket? Why do we spend hundreds of dollars…
