Good Morning, Quilters!
Many of you are joining us for The Splendid Sampler 2 quilt-a-long.
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A LITTLE ABOUT ME...
I’m a lifelong quilter and my favorite technique is machine quilting!!!
Most people visit Lori Kennedy Quilts/ The Inbox Jaunt the first time for the machine quilting motif tutorials
and they return for the daily inspiration including quilt-a-longs, quick tips, thread basics and so much more!
Reader favorites include:
Twelve Essential Skills Every Quilt Must Know
Six Ways to Ruin YOUR Quilt with Machine Quilting
Seven Steps to Machine Quilting
Why So Many of Us Can’t Meander
How to Choose a Needle for FMQ
(Visit my Etsy Shop for autographed copies of my books: Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 and More FMMQ 1-2-3
Beginner Quilters, Welcome Too!
Recently, my daughters, Faye and Nora decided to learn to quilt. Follow their journey-as they choose projects, buy fabric and set up their sewing rooms!
THE ROSE AND DOT BLOCK
I’m thrilled to be a designer for The Splendid Sampler 2.
You can download The Rose and Dot Block instructions HERE.
(Only one reader guessed the correct block from the cover!!!)
The block is named after my Grandmother, Rose and my mother, Dorothy–two fabulous ladies (who weren’t afraid of print or color–see below!)
TIPS FOR THE ROSE AND DOT BLOCK
The Rose and Dot block is a fairly simple block with only seven pieces. It can be machine or hand appliqued. (I prefer a little hand work…)
Here’s a few tips that might help:
Circle templates from the office store are great for drawing circles. I have two sizes, regular and jumbo and use them a lot! If you are doing hand applique–draw the finished circle sizes and add a seam allowance when you cut. If you are doing machine applique, cut on the finished size line.
If you make a lot of circles, The OLFA Circle cutter is fabulous! (and inexpensive)! It takes a little practice to use this small device (I have a tutorial coming soon) but it’s worth learning!
Add lightweight cotton batting to circles. Batting gives circles a little “pop”–and when doing hand applique–it makes them look rounder. This is a great trick to make all applique circles look better! Draw the finished circle size onto the batting and then cut it out on the inside of the line.
Use Roxanne’s Glue for applique! A very small dot–the size of a pin head is enough to hold applique pieces and is so much easier than pins!
The Rose and Dot Block is similar to my tutorial for The Modern Leaf Square.
DON’T STOP AT ONE
If you’re all caught up on your Splendid Sampler blocks, make several Rose and Dot blocks!
I’ve been playing with a few settings and colorways:
So be sure to check back soon to see The Rose and Dot block in action!!
What about YOU?
How’s YOUR progress on the Splendid Sampler 2?
Have YOU tried different color ways?
Do YOU have a favorite setting for 6-1/2 inch blocks?
Did YOUR grandmother or mother teach YOU to sew?
We’d LOVE to hear!
Happy Stitching,
YOUR Happy Quilting Gardener,
Lori
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17 comments
lilmama1001
I will pray for your entire family. Being a caretaker takes time, energy, love and lots of patience, which I know is difficult to sustain. Good luck and God Bless.
Merilee Cain
Your Mom looks great. Glad she is still sewing.
Pat Evans
Hi Lori, I’m traveling and visited a quilt shop in Rochester, IL, just outside Springfield, today and they had copies of your newest book for sale. Great pics of your Mom and grandmother.
Pat
Suzanne
Most of what I know about sewing I learned from my Mom – she was very good at it. She learned from her mother who was amazing. My Granny could make or re-make anything, and without a pattern! Granny was the only grandparent I ever knew; all the rest had died too young. I wish she had been around longer so I could have learned more from her but we lost her when I was barely nineteen.
One of my favorite stories about her was how during the Depression if one of her 5 children needed a new coat, she’d scrounge a 2nd-hand one that was too big and take it somewhere to have it dyed. Then she’d rip it apart, do a complete re-make, and whoever needed a coat suddenly had a new one.
She was a trip. In the mid-sixties when skirts were going up-UP-UP, my mother tried to keep ours down-down-down (to the knee or below!) If Granny was visiting, sitting in her favorite rocker in the kitchen, she would grab us as we walked by and say, “Give me that skirt!” We’d get it back a little later and it was several inches shorter!! My mother could only roll her eyes and shake her head. Granny would also critique anything I had sewed. She had no problem checking out my hems, zippers and seams. Plus she wasn’t shy about telling me what I did wrong and how to correct it. And I learned, thanks to her and my mom. I miss them both.
Unfortunately, I can’t participate in the Splendid Sampler. I have too many UFO’s. a monthly quota of pillowcases for kids in the hospital, plus a couple of baby quilts for newly baptized infants at our church. But I love watching your progress and adore your story about naming your block Rose and Dot. It’s a lovely idea – family is everything!
Your pictures and superb and you now have 4 generations of quilters; how wonderful!
Patricia
I love your Rose & Dot block. I may do a lap size quilt with just the one block; have to decide on colour plan. Thanks for your tips, they are very useful. And thanks for the Inbox Jaunt news.
Joy
I want the block of free motion sewing things, it is sooo cute.
Debbie Horton
Ahh – I love your block. And I should have known which one it was since you recently had that picture of your mom with her crocheted rose along with the story.
Barbara
I love the new block. Having fun with all of the blocks
backporchstitcher
Great block, Lori! And lovely ladies, too. Love your style. I can’t wait to see what you do with those extra Rose and Dot blocks.
Mary J Magnus
Both my Grandmothers sewed, my Mother did not. Her Mother taught me to sew clothing. My Dad’s Mom made crazy quilts out of scraps of our clothing and used blankets for batting on a treadle machine. My Aunts would get together and help her tie them on a frame under the apple tree.
Carole @ From My Carolina Home
Congratulations on your Splendid Sampler block! Your pics of your mom and gran are wonderful – how special to be able to sew with your mom!!
Sue
Hi Lori, I wanted to comment on your darling Mom. She’s so adorable. My Mom did everything under the sun except sewing. I don’t know where I got that from. None of the women in my family sewed.
I’m making up for all of them 🙂
Helen S.
I cannot download the pattern.
Bette
Cute block! You had me fooled though. I was positive your Splendid Sampler block was the sewing machine!
Judy C
I love it. I might even be able to accomplish that! Haha, I think I guessed the elephant.
PatSloan
I love your block and the photos of your mom & grandma are wonderful!! Thank you for being part of our Splendid Sampler!
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