Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, I am sharing a small couching project that I stitched for my third book (available Spring, 2020). Bad News: this project got cut from the book. Good News: that means I can share it with you now! What is Couching? Couching is a great quilting or embroidery technique that allows you…
All and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are stitching an EASY new motif-the Roof Shingles Motif. This motif is very easy to stitch and is the building block (pun intended) for other motifs we will learn later. It is a great motif to fill a background quickly. You can change the look of the motif by changing…
Machine Quilting
Good Morning, Quilters! Faye and I just got back from an exciting trip to BERNINA University in Jacksonville, Florida. BERNINA University is a yearly trade show sponsored by BERNINA of America and attended by dealers across the country. As soon as we stepped foot in the lobby of the hotel, we could feel the energy…
Nature and more
Applique and more
Good Morning, Quilters! This week, I am working on my Boxes and Vines project– quilting the applique flowers and leaves. For all of my quilts, I have a general quilting plan as I begin, and allow the plan to evolve as I stitch. Before I create my plan, I try to think about what I…
Art
Flowers/Leaves and more
Good Morning, Quilters! If you can’t find any morels–there’s always the Mushroom Motif to quilt! For now, that’s how I am consoling myself. In Minnesota, if the lilacs are blooming, it’s time for morels! Time to go foraging in the woods and mushroom hunting. Though its been a banner year for morels here, I haven’t…
