Nature Quilting
Good Morning, Quilters!
Today, we have a little nature quilting.
As Minnesota begrudgingly begins to warm up (weeks after most of you think of Spring), it is hard to stay inside! The birds are chirping and the flowers are beginning to poke their tiny heads through the soil.
There are lambs bounding around in my neighbors farm.
(See more sheep doodles here)
And duck eggs waiting to hatch in our backyard!
Time for Planting and Photography
I’ve been busy planting hostas, marigolds, poppies, day lilies, astilbe, dahlias, zinnias and so much more.
When the weather is nice in Minnesota, it is compulsory to garden, hike, bike and dine outside! (I have lots of nature photos coming soon from my daily walks!)
I am filling my brain (and my camera) with ideas for quilting motifs and quilts–and maybe a little watercolor!?
Time for Quilting
I’ve also been getting ready to launch my third book, 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting. I want to thank all of YOU for your tremendous response! The orders keep pouring in–thank you! Thank YOU!
We will ship the books as soon as we receive them from Martingale–around June 1st.
Starting the week of June 8, we will begin a 25 week quilt-a-long.
25 Days/25 Weeks
The book is divided into 25 lessons and each lesson includes a quilting project to practice the new skill or illustrate the lesson.
Here at LKQ, we will work together on one lesson per week. I will add more photos, ideas and links each week.
Long Arm and Mid-Arm Quilters, Too!
Is 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting for Long-Armers and Mid-Arm Quilters? YES! As you can see from the Table of Contents, almost all of the lessons apply to all types of machine quilting. Lesson 9-A Smooth Glide and Lesson 10-Directional Stitching are more important for quilting on a domestic sewing machine–but the projects in those chapters are fun (and cute, cute, cute!)
Kindle Ebook
If you live outside the United States, and would like to avoid the shipping costs–try the Kindle version of 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting!
Seasonal Inspiration?
What about YOU?
Are YOU inspired to do a little nature quilting?
What did YOU plant in your garden this year?
Do YOU quilt less when the weather is nice?
Do YOU doodle more when you can sit outside?
What inspires YOU right now?
We”d LOVE to hear!
Inspired in Minnesota? YOU BETCHA!
Lori
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Very nice post!
Love those sheep, live & stitched. As both a knitter/crocheted and quilter, I like sheep in all iterations.
I’m right with you! I’ve been planting and transplanting Naked Ladies, Lilies, Iris, Cosmos, succulent plants, Hosta, and a few more. I’m enoying being out in the sun!
Love the lambs! How blessed you are! We have a few young bunnies that run out from under the hedge when the mower comes by! My table “nursery garden” has grown and some are needing transplanting soon. The orchid our kids gave me for Mother’s Day is adjusting to its window and I am adjusting to changing its blinds light couple times a day. Soon the Earth will turn far enough for me to spend more time sewing instead of adjusting lighting.HA! Found a new pattern for scrub caps I want to try to go along with masks. My one quilt underway is by hand and I am really enjoying the relaxation of it. Gathering FMQ ideas for the quilts in line after finishing the by- hand one. Loving the clover, bees, umbrellas and lambs !
We’ve had a very cool and windy Spring here in South Jersey; I usually have started zinnia seeds for the back border way before now. Hopefully the chilly winds will soon back off and the days will turn warm and sunny.
I started making a quilt for Easter ” The Bunny Quilt” — but put it aside so I could make needed masks. I hope to get back to it shortly, after finishing a quilt top for the local QOV chapter. I do have the bunny quilt top together and free-motioned half the 11″ blocks with the square flower idea from one of your books, Lori.
Enjoy the lambs — how sweet they are.
I’m so excited for the 25 day quilt along! I’m looking forward to quilting a lot this summer. Our summers are the opposite of yours. The only way to be outside in Phoenix in the summer is to be in the pool. Swimming and quilting, not a bad way to spend the summer!
Oh, Lori … loved this post. Although, I am not a quilter, I do love all things craft and I do love you, dear friend! THIRD BOOK!!! My, how you have so much to show from your time … besides your children, weddings, GRANDCHILDREN (aren’t they the best?) and all of your beautiful photography! Please know that as you post, I read! Laura
Thank you Laura!! You were my very first sponsor–always supportive!