I Love Home BOM and Fabric Giveaway!

314 responses to “I Love Home BOM and Fabric Giveaway!”

1. I’m still at the stitch in the ditch level. I need to be brave an try your method. Thank you

2. I just quilt as I go, I don’t draw it out beforehand.

3. #ILOVEHOME BOM . I don’t know how to do that but it looks great

4. i actually doodle on everything, back of menus, sales receipts, edges of newpapers..
   whenever the idea strikes…makes for very messy accumulations. need to coral
   them all into a notebook.

5. I’ve been watching your Craftsy classes – so I’m still mostly straight line quilting but am now doodling on paper – when I get a bit better I’m going to try it with thread 🙂

6. I mostly do straight line quilting using my walking foot. I have too many problems with my hands to do very much free motion quilting.

7. I haven’t learned to FMQ yet, but it is on my bucket list. So far I have mostly done straight line quilting. I have made 2 t-shirt quilt that I did some creative quilting on using the walking foot. On those quilts I drew the quilting design right on the t-shirts using a water soluble pen.

8. A doodler i am NOT! Can’t even draw anything so good thing I know how to embroidery!

9. I do not doodle . Thank you for the giveaway.
   Marilyn

10. I am not a doodler and I only do stitch in the ditch quilting. I am a very new quilter so I haven’t really gotten into the quilting part yet. I like to do small quilts.

11. I am a doodler, but for designing blocks. I have not quite mastered the art of machine quilting, so I either stitch in the ditch or do basic stitching within the design of the block.

12. Doodling does not come easy to me, I like your doodles

13. I’m new to quilting. So far stitch in the ditch is all I have done. I’m working up to FMQ.

14. I like your fmq doodling idea, I haven’t done that but now I just might!

15. Oh my gosh…I doodle all the time. One quilt I had on my machine for a few days and a design just wasn’t coming to me! I woke up in the middle of the night. I had dreamed the PERFECT design!

16. I don’t usually doodle before I quilt, but I can see the advantages!

17. I constantly doodle. I have mastered quilting feathers only by the almost non-stop doodling of thing ( there are many other motifs I have not mastered though). Anyone who doesn’t believe in muscle memory should try doodling as it really makes a real difference in the quality of one’s quilting. I fell in my studio and broke my leg and dislocated my foot 2 weeks ago—doodling is about all I can do for the next few weeks. But it will pay off in the long run.

18. I don’t always doodle before quilting – it depends on whether it’s a new pattern for me or not. If it’s a new pattern, I usually doodle it first – or at the very least, trace over lines with my finger, then try quilting on a sample.

19. Hi. I am a newbie so I have not doodled before quilting.

20. I usually doodle before quilting although I need more practice in my doodling just like I do in my quilting. Thanks for the suggestions in your post!

21. Love your blog! You have made me a doodler! I draw on anything, anywhere except while on a tractor with auto steer. The fields are too rough for good results!

22. Hi, from TX! Yes, I have quilted my own quilts. One was entirely by hand but I never drew out my own pattern. I have a hunting quilt now that I’m half hand sewing/machine sewing right now.

23. I just started doodling and found it very helpful

    1. It always works!

24. I’ve just started to experiment with FMQ and am finding doodling very helpful. Haven’t done a whole quilt yet. Thanks for your encouragement to get into this!

    1. Hooray!!

25. I do my own quilting and sometimes I will doodle, but not much.

26. I doodle just a little bit just to get the pattern in my head, but usually I make a practice quilt sandwich and do it that way.

27. I’m new to FM and realized quickly that I needed something – namely to doodle. I get hung-up with perfection. Then, I slow down and breathe trying to remember your words of wisdom, “Practice, practice,and practice.”

28. I never have doodled before but you’ve given me a great idea. Thanks

29. I’m just a beginner quilter so don’t know all the “tricks” of the trade yet, like doodling! It’s certainly worth a try to see how I like it.

30. Hi! I have done some hand quilting and a bit of free-motion quilting but never thought of doodlling as a prep for quilting.

    1. It is essential!

31. I mostly doodle to see if I can get a design to flow without back-tracking and using only a single pass. Love your quilting ideas. Thank you for all you give to us!

32. I haven’t done any free motion machine quilting but would love to learn!

33. Wow! Something new to think about — always something new.

34. I doodle a little bit–sometime with my finger on the couch cushion when an idea comes into my head!

35. Hi there! I do draw things out first to get an idea of how it will look plus I enjoy drawing anyway. Sewing and quilting are my obsessions though!! So fun!!! Have a great day!!

36. #ilovehomquilts

37. Have taken the summer off from quilting to work on my fences and to work with and take my 4H members to county then state fairs showing llamas and alpacas from my rescue farm. Several of my 4Hers also quilt.

    1. Oh, Peggy. I am so curious about alpacas. Is there a website where I could ask you questions? I wear alpaca socks I bought in TN at a craft show a few years ago, The heels have holes now and I have no alpaca yarn to darn them with either. My sewing machine doesn’t mind tho!

38. I’m just learning to machine quilt.

39. I watched your classes and always doodle to see if my brain gets it before trying it out on machine love your tutorials!!!

40. I have not started doodling yet but I did buy a little plain paper notebook to start doing so. I can really see how it would help produce some muscle memory before starting on the actual quilt. Much better idea than quilting without doodling then having to use the seam ripper, don’t you think?

41. Just learning to free motion quilt. I will needs lots of practice but love learning something new. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful work.

42. Still in ditch in stitch but ready to go further

    1. No time like the present!

43. I don’t usually doodle, but like to have a pattern figured out before quilting which is generally why I have so much to quilt! I usually go on to another project because piecing is more fun for me!

44. Very rarely I draw before the cover, but sometimes I have to check the correct passage of my needle through the patch pattern,. I mostly use FMQ, even for straight lines. I do not like walking foot.

45. I have doodle on paper Never on a quilt. Need to start.

46. I usually don’t doodle, sometimes if I’m thinking about it while sitting on the couch, I’ll doodle on the cushion!

47. I don’t doodle but know I should. I have been doing my own quilting and I’m just beginning to work outside the box, (whatever that means). Just having fun with it.

48. Doodling doesn’t come easy to me, I love your doodles.

49. My doodles are a bit wobbly when I quilt, so I guess that’s a matter of practice to keep stitch length consistent sice my machine doesn’t have a stitch regulator.

50. I doodle all the time. I keep a clipboard with paper and pencil on each floor of our 3-story home. Once a week I add them to a 3-ring binder with dividers for different categories. When I get stuck while working on a piece, I page thru my binder. It’s amazing how I get inspired by my random drawings.

    Really enjoy your blog! And just watched your segments on Sewing with Nancy. It was nice to “meet” you!