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Good Morning Quilters! Are YOU ready to quilt? I’m excited about a series of tutorials based on the Honeycomb Motif we learned last week! (The Honeycomb is also available in More Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 in the Backgrounds and Fills Chapter, page 134). (See also Hostas, Spring Chapter, page 65) HOW TO QUILT THE…
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Good Morning, Quilters! One of my favorite motifs is Grid Pop (page 140 of my first book). It creates a very striking background in any quilt and it mixes nicely with other motifs and in quilts, for example- here and on Mr. Nutcracker HERE The motif can be adapted to any shape to create dramatically different results. By…
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Good Morning, Quilters! One of my favorite texture motifs is Grid Pop. I use it frequently in my quilts including Mr. Nutcracker and Fall Harvest. The Grid Pop technique can easily be modified to create texture in different shapes. If your quilt has a lot of diamonds, you might want to create “Diamond Pop” and…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Are YOU a long arm quilter? Do you stitch on a domestic sewing machine like me? (I stitch on the beautiful BERNINA 770QE) Do YOU quilt on a treadle machine? (Yes, you can create gorgeous FMQ on a treadle!) Whatever machine YOU have (assuming it’s in good working order….) You can…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Thank you all for participating in the Open Line Friday discussion on Stabilizing…Be sure to read all the comments–it was very informative! Once again we have proven that 10,000 heads are better than one! SPIRAL LOVE I love Spirals! I’m pretty sure every quilt I’ve ever made includes some variation on Spirals.…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Are you tired of stippling or meandering? Or–are you like me–and find stippling difficult to motor plan? Try stitching straight line fills between motifs! In this little quilt, I used the same thread (40 wt Sulky Rayon) to stitch the flowers and the background fill. You could stitch the background using…
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Good Morning, Quilters! I don’t want any commentary from the peanut gallery–(especially family…)–about the name of today’s tutorial… Before we get to work… QUIZ–FREE MOTION MACHINE QUILTING 1-2-3 Many of you have received your copies of The Book… Now the question is…how many of YOU read it thoroughly? Did YOU read the Dedication page? (It’s…
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Happy Valentine’s Day, Quilters! Today we have an EASY–BEGINNER quilt motif! As you know, I LOVE Spirals, but they are challenging… (Read Four Steps to Perfect Spirals–my first ever online tutorial—HERE) To help Beginners get the look of Spirals without the stress, I added The Messy Spiral Rose HERE And now I’ve discovered another…
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Good Morning, Quilters! I know winter is fast approaching, but this is what popped up in my sketchbook–Flowers! Sometimes when I am doodling mindlessly a gem emerges… This flower is simple to stitch and can be scaled much larger or quite small. Stitch it on red fabric to make a quick Christmas pillow or add…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Did YOU think of a few potential personal symbols after our blog hop yesterday? Don’t forget to comment on yesterday’s post to enter to win a copy of Deborah Boschert’s new book, Art Quilt Collage. Also, be sure to hop on over to the other blogs–it’s a great way to travel around…
