Machine Quilting and more
Happy Friday, Quilters! I’m off on a road trip to Chicago this weekend–a round up of family…. Just thought I’d show a sneak preview of a quilt I recently finished–more details next week. In the mean time, I’m counting on YOU to help answer Open Line Friday questions! EVERYONE ASKS, EVERYONE ANSWERS! I will kick it…
Gallery and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Are YOU dreaming of a white Christmas? It’s just days away, and no snow in sight… I’m not complaining… I’m content with a little quilted snow….it’s so much easier to shovel! I used a little Iris metallic thread to add the glittery look to the large snowballs in this little quilt. It’s…
Machine Quilting Basics and more
Good Morning, Quilters! It was a very rainy day in Minnesota yesterday which meant two things: I had a lot of “indoor time” AND it was a low-energy day. I don’t know about you, but I’m not terrible creative on rainy, dark days… However, I still had enough energy to stitch, so I finished this…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! I hope your summer is going swimmingly! The weather has been perfect here…well, perfect for any outdoor activity, not for quilting–(hence my inconsistently blogging–I’ll make up for it during the Minnesota Winter when I will be able to blog twice a day!) I recently acquired several new threads, so I thought I’d make…
Batting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today is Open Line Friday…Everyone Asks, Everyone Answers! Please chime in with YOUR responses–we have a lot of combined quilting experience–so please tell us YOUR thoughts! No question is too small. QUILTING ON PRINTED FABRICS This week, our friend Gertrude asked this question: How do you make quilting show on printed fabrics?…
Thread
Good Afternoon, Quilters! It’s Monday…I did all my paper work, took the dogs for a walk, and most of the laundry…(And I finished the Tuesday Tutorial…) So I stole a few moments to play with this gorgeous array of Sulky thread I recently received! Got-to-go…Still have a long list of Monday chores… Hope YOU…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters and Gardeners! Any weeds in your garden (yet)? Last week we worked on The Dandelion Free Motion Quilt tutorial and I made the little quilt below. We discussed if the quilt below had enough quilting.-Read more HERE (see comments, too!). Some of you suggested I needed to add more, perhaps with a…
Thread
Good Morning, Quilters! Welcome to Open Line Friday! A day where EVERYONE asks and EVERYONE answers…This is a forum and we now have nearly 6500 people with yards and yards of quilting experience to answer YOUR questions! IN DEFENSE OF MEANDERING I don’t know about you, but I thoroughly enjoyed yesterday’s debate about the merits of…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Have you seen “The Dress Debate” that’s gone viral? I’m in the “white and gold” category along with one of my daughters–the rest of the family: blue and black. What do YOU see? Fascinating! Another busy week at The Inbox Jaunt! THE MYSTERY QUILT-A-LONG We finished the Mystery Quilt on Wednesday (though…
DIY and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Welcome back to The Inbox Jaunt’s first ever Mystery Quilt-a-long! We’re wrapping up this week by binding our Thread Quilt Sampler. Even if you haven’t finished sewing all the spools, it’s okay to add the binding at this point because the quilt is completely stabilized. (As soon as all the zig zags…
