Good Morning, Quilters!
It’s a busy week here at The Inbox Jaunt! Tomorrow my new Craftsy video, Creating a Quilting Plan: Approaches for Any Quilt is released! Be sure to check in tomorrow for all the details!!!!
And today we have a giveaway!
I LOVE HOME BLOCK OF THE MONTH
Block 4 is available HERE from Jacquelynne Steves
Block Four is the final block. Next month we add borders and finishing touches!
While you are stitching the blocks, it is helpful to start planning how you will quilt different areas of the quilt. Each area of the quilt will need it’s own “quilting plan” including batting, thread and motifs.
WHICH MOTIFS TO CHOOSE?!
There are so many possible motifs to quilt, we need to narrow the focus.
One way to choose motifs is to stick to a theme.
For this quilt, I looked for motifs that fit our I Love Home theme like hearts and houses.
The Sweetheart Border and Row Houses are perfect for the borders. Find the Sweetheart Border HERE and the Row of Houses HERE
Both motifs can also be found in my book, Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 HERE on Etsy (Personalized, signed copies make great gifts!)
To test your motifs, use a vinyl sheet and a wet erase marker.
Read HERE for more tips on this method.
OLFA GIVEAWAY!
This month’s prize is from Olfa– a cutting mat, rotary cutter, and package of Endurance blades. Olfa mats come in a variety of sizes and I have used them for more than twenty years! Thank you, Olfa for transforming quilting with rotary blades and mats and for this fabulous giveaway!
To enter, please tell us YOUR biggest quilting challenge. Is it planning the quilting, choosing the motifs, picking the right thread…or is it something else? Leave a note in the comment section by the end of the day on November 9th.
***Please note that this giveaway is open to US winners only this time, due to shipping costs.
MORE CHANCES TO WIN
There are seven other quilters participating in the I LOVE HOME project. Be sure to see their blocks and enter their giveaways for more chances to win!
- The Crafty Quilter
- The Inbox Jaunt
- Designs by Sarah J
- Farmhouse Quilts
- Penguin and Fish
- Podunk Pretties
- The Quilting Nook
- The Sewing Loft
Good Luck!
Tomorrow: Turn YOUR UFOs into completed heirloom quilts with —Creating A Quilting Plan: Approaches for Any Quilt!
Happy Stitching,
Lori
PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only. Feel free to re-blog, pin or share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt. For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com. Thanks!
589 comments
slmrn1
Deciding the quilt motif is definitely my biggest struggle.
Donna LeBlanc
My biggest challenge is ALWAYS, always getting it QUILTED !!! Starting the quilting is my bugaboo! Thanks for sharing with us!
jrp53
My biggest challenge is finding the time to sit and sew. I do really well once I can get started, but usually i collapse when I get home from work and that usually limits my sewing time to the weekend. Looking forward to retirement in a couple of years and I have a mountain of quilting to catch up on!
Mary O.
I finally completed a simple quilt!! I really need to practice my machine quilting. Also, I need to learn how to neatly finish a binding so that it looks good on both sides.
Katherine L Ross
My biggest challenge is overcoming the fear of beginning the quilting phase.
Pam Dudeck
Quilting on my regular machine if it is larger than twin size.
Tanya
The whole process is a major challenge to me. I seem to always cut something wrong, then piecing isn’t always perfect. Oh, and making the decisions about batting, backing and quilting is always so troubling. I think I overthink and would have more fun if I would just do and be happy with the final result!
Thanks so much for sponsoring this great giveaway!!
sandra
Choosing my colors seems to be be my most difficult problem. Sometimes just to many to choose lol
Sulyn Jones
My biggest challenge is finishing the quilt. I’ll see something in a magazine and want to start it right away.
Donna Harrington
I find it difficult to decide on what fabric to choose for a project. There are so many color combinations that can be used.
Judy Perl
My biggest challenge is how to quilt the quilt!
Stacie
My biggest challenge is getting motivated to quilt the completed top
Irene Vigil
My biggest quilting challenge is the quilting itself. It seems like that takes the longest and that’s also where I’ll make the most mistakes.
Kristin Pena
Biggest challenge is finding enough time to quilt!
Kay Wheeler Rice
I have a problem picking my color scheme.
Laura Snith
I find Choosing quilting designs to be the biggest challenge. Some quilts talk to me and tell me what they want, others make my mind go totally blank.
KIM ABBS
my biggest challenge is machine quilting as I am so anxious to finish that sometimes the stitch length isn’t even!
Cecilia
Planning the quilting is my biggest challenge. It takes time to decide on how I want to quilt each quilt.
Donna P.
I find the sandwiching very tedious – my least favorite part of quilting.
Renata S
My biggest challenge is stretching the quilt to baste. I DO NOT do floors, don’t have large tables or lots of free horizontal space (like counter tops). I have learned to approach basting similar to basting for large quilts in hand quilting.
Lee
My biggest challenge is doing curves!
tricia p
Like many others, I am behind on this project. However, I cannot pick just one as my favorite. It;’s like choosing your favorite child among your own children!!!
lynettewilson25
I have the hardest time quilting large quilts – because of the size.
Kelly Pilkinton
My biggest quilting challenge is always the quilting itself. I use a regular sewing machine, without a wide opening. So the problem I encounter is just the sheer bulk of larger quilts. I loll each side toward the center, and that helps a lot. But it is a heavy, tiring process, none-the-less.I love all of the earlier stages of quilt-making, but this one, I just endure. Luckily the final result always convinces me that the process was worth the result. ????
Jeanne Brown
picking out the fabric
amy fowler
my back hurting
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So sorry to hear that!
Annette Ackley
My biggest challenge is deciding on which to do. Hand quilting or machine quilting. Most of the time I do hand quilting. I’m still in the learning stage of machine quilting. Been practicing.
Lori
My biggest challenge is to find the time to quilt the tops I have completed. Just not enough time.
Gail
Choosing colors is always a challenge.
Glennis Salls
The biggest challenge I face is reading patterns and the cutting of the patterns.
Kathleen Rutledge
My biggest challenge (1 of many!) is learning to free motion quilt. I ordered the free motion quilting foot for my sewing machine and when I try to use it the bobbin thread goes crazy and ties itself all up. I haven’t given up but I’m very frustrated. I have been doing mostly straight line quilting for now.
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What kind of machine do you have? Do you hold the tails?
Gari
This has been a fun BOM. I am behind but will catch up someday.
Mary Green
No longer satisfied (?) with doing just in-the-ditch quilting, I’m experimenting with free-motion and using rulers to quilt. It is deciding the quilting motifs that is most challenging, and exciting!
Dawn Jones
The quilting is my issue. I’m still doing straight lines, but I would love to be able to do other quilting.
dezertsuz
Thanks for a chance to win that great prize. My biggest challenge is binding! I hate binding. I don’t mind the hand sewing side but I always have trouble with that final ending on the machine sewing side. I’ve watched all the videos, read all the tutorials, but my brain is missing something out of it all. So that’s my biggest challenge.
Patti Serenko
Besides stealing the time to sew, my challenge is finding the pattern to fit the fabric. I probably spend too much time planning the project before the first cut.
Amy
Quilting is the challenging part- the designs, the time and the room since I always make the quilts at least queen size.
Beverly McKnight
My biggest challenge is the quilting,
Shirley
Sandwiching layers of quilts
Angelia L.
My biggest challenge is choosing colors and fabric.
stichnnurse
my challenge????
just suck it up and go for free motion quilting!!!! i have so many tops waiting for quilting!!!!!!
Cynthia Ketron
My biggest challenge is choosing the right fabric.
I have a hard time getting the fabrics to complement each other for the quilt pattern I have chosen.
Thank you.
Beth A
Deciding on what will enhance my quilt is difficult for me.
SHERRY Creech
My biggest challenge is still sewing an accurate QTR seaml.
Jennifer O
It is agonizing when I am trying to decide on a quilting design..
Jeanne Brown
Mine is the quilting ,I have someone do it .
Carol M
I am fairly new to quilting so my biggest challenge is in just getting started. I tend to spend too much time thinking, planning, re-thinking, etc. I am afraid I will make the wrong choice in deciding which fabric goes where and ruin my beautiful fabric. I have made kit baby quilts for the Linus Project to get some experience with good directions and most of the decisions made for me. Love your newsletters and instructions!
Judy
My biggest challenge is making sure I finish a quilt. There is always something new to move on to and it is easy to put one I am currently working on aside and move on to something new. I am trying to work on actually finishing my projects.
Diane N
My biggest challenge is deciding how to quilt it. I am always afraid I am going to ruin all my hard work with horrible quilting.
Garnet
My biggest challenge is deciding how to quilt (as so many others here have also confessed to ) Will need to spend some time exploring your site for inspiration. Thanks so much for sharing your talent.
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