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
Diannia McDonald
Definitely choosing a quilting design! I am currently struggling with sewing bindings by machine. Have not yet found a method that I like and that is neat.
Darrell
My biggest challenge is getting that quarter inch seam.. tho it is getting better, I must keep a vigilance eye out .. dquilterguy48329 (at) prodigy (dot) net
Ginny Carlson
My biggest challenge is the binding…. but I’m getting better 🙂
Teresa Homer
Ugh! It’s that 1/4 inch seam! Get it off by a bit and your entire block goes wonky! That is a challenge!
Bev Gunn
Trying to move the fabric smoothly and get nice lines on the quilting seems to be my biggest challenge. I know, I need to practice more!
Danielle Nunn-Weinberg
I am a complete novice at quilting – still working on my first. I would say that my biggest challenge is accuracy.
K Wright
My biggest quilting challenge is finding simple, old fashioned quilt patterns. I like very traditional quilts, using fabrics from Family clothing items I’ve made & my Family has outgrown or leftover fabric from other well loved fabric projects. It can be a trick, but the traditional patterns are out there, from the earliest days of quilting, if you look. I love quilting as I was taught by my Grandmother.
LaRue
I love piecing, but my biggest challenge is the quilting. I just started doing some free motion quilting, but still pretty limited.
Sylvia
My freemotion quilting needs a lot of practice.
Maryellen
I love what you did. I think my biggest challenge is just time, and getting my space organized better, because I had to move.
Linda Hulen
My greatest challenge is the quilting itself. I am just not a very good free motion quilter!
Sue
My biggest challenge is which project to begin. I have so many kits, patterns and ideas to quilt that I need the time to make them all! But first I have to decide which one to start!
Tamara Gassen
I think the quilting. I am new at quilting & I practice a lot
Dar in MO
I love the way you chose to quilt your block. Thanks for all the tips on your method of marking too. My biggest quilting challenge is deciding “what” to quilt where. It eats up so much of my time trying to make up my mind. I’m also limited by what I can quilt nicely without having to draw everything. Thanks for a chance to win the fabulous Olfa prizes. I love all things Olfa.
dwillmott2014
Choosing the quilting design is my biggest challenge!
Susan
I really suffer from wanting to spend all my time sewing so I avoid starting until I have time to delve into it.
Sue
Picking the thread color for quilting on the longarm is my biggest challenge.
Vicki Formby
Free motion quilting is a very big challenge for me. Just can’t get the hang of it.
Sylvia Snell
My biggest challenge in quilting is getting started! Finding those few precious moments to get going! After that it is much easier to keep going!m
Sally Heilinger
Since I’m new to machine quilting my biggest challenge is choosing a motif and then just quilting the quilt!
Frances Clark
My biggest challenge is the actual quilting. I don’t have the patience to do it by hand, a machine I can do it on myself, or the money to pay a professional. Have 2 quilts no that I am trying to figure out how to get them finished.
Patricia GOSSETT
Colors is a challenge for me – love the 4th block great quilting designs
sewncreations
I have a hard time deciding on what fabrics to use.
Leslie Hinton
I have only been quilting 2 years and I struggle with doing the binding. I hate the hand work so have been trying to perfect a machine stitch binding. Mitered corners have their problems for sure!
Joanne D.
My biggest quilting challenge is FMQ
Susan Varesio
Planning the pattern and getting started—
svv
Judi Duncan
my biggest challenge is choosing fabrics…so so many wonderful choices
marta
My biggest challenge is which project to begin.there is so much inspiration ..like your block choice..just free motion quilted…marta
Michele Stevenson
My biggest problem is picking the fabric to complete the blocks.
Deb Pommier
Planning the pattern for the quilting
Tonya Flores
My biggest challenge is finding the time. Oh for more hours in the day!
Geri A
My biggest challenge is always finding the time to sit down for an uninterrupted period of time.
Janice James
Planning the quilting is my biggest challenge. It takes a while, but I am usually pleased with the end results.
HollyAnnW
My biggest problem right now is not having a place to set up my sewing machine. But I also get myself in trouble by not thinking through each step of construction. Example: cutting my batting to the size of the pieced center and then remembering I’m supposed to add borders and do the quilting with batting cut generously beyond those edges. 🙁
Debra Holstine
I bought a sit down quilter, so I would have to say quilting is my biggest challenge.
Nannie
My biggest challenge is the quilting.
TJ Dodds
Learning to quilt on my sewing machine
Janet Alford
My biggest challenge is choosing fabrics.
nosbcoach
Time…that is the biggest challenge, between working full time and taking class for a Masters degree…ugg there is so little time for anything else, but I get my binge quilting time in.
Valerie
Biggest challenge… being a beginner, the courage to start! I’ve got the ‘will’ of Dorothy..,the ‘talent’ of Toto. Shall I continue?!?! In need a wizard ❤️
Kimberlee Ratzlaff
That 1/4 inch can throw you off so often if you are not diligent about it. I am seriously considering a new chapter for 2018. Working full time for the government is starting to take more than I want to give these days. I just want to quilt!
Sue I
my biggest challenge is picking a quilting design-I’m planning on taking some of your craftsy quilting classes
Carolyn Knight
As a longarm quilter my greatest challenge is deciding on the designs I will use on a quilt.
tdgilley
Machine quilting consistency is my hardest part. I am slowly getting better.
cherriberi1
I usually have a hard time deciding just ‘what’ quilting to use. I end up stippling a lot because I can’t decide.
KAREN BARRIE
Love your work and design…Inspires me to want to sit and my machine…close the door and let the free spirit come out….Beautiful !!!
Deb
Stems on a ribbon quilt. Fusible bindings were not the right color
Linda Coleman
I am relatively new to quilting and want to learn to coordinate colors better and just starting to look at free motion. It scares me. I’m going to check out your book on eBay though. And oooh, the Olfa giveaway would be WONDERFUL. I have a large Olfa cutting mat and rotary cutter. Would LOVE the folding one!
Robin in New Jersey
My biggest challenge is finding space to spread out and be able to leave everything and not have to pick everything up before I am done.
susanh363
????my biggest challenge? Choosing my classes at the Houston Quilt Festival each year!!!!
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