Easy/Beginner and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, our goal is to keep machine quilting fun with four easy quilting motifs! Quilting does not need to be difficult! Many motifs add character AND are easy! I’ve chosen four motifs that are my favorites (today)—I may need to add to this list in the future. OOPS! The Rose and…
Flowers/Leaves and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, we have a tutorial for another flower motif, the Fantasy Flower. Stitch this fun motif as a background in any size, from small to very large. I think an 12 inch Fantasy Flower would be beautiful in the center of a quilt block! The Fantasy Flower in the above photo was stitched…
Flowers/Leaves and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today, we are going to expand on last week’s quilting motif, The Welsh Leaf, with two easier variations. All of the motifs have the same basic shape and spirals, but we’ll change the spirals to create different leaves. In the design world, they call this “repeat and vary”! It’s a great way…
Flowers/Leaves and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today’s machine quilting tutorial is for the Welsh Leaf motif! Welsh quilting is one of my favorite styles of quilting and has influenced my machine quilting designs. I am always inspired by the easy-going style of the Welsh quilting tradition. (Follow my Welsh Quilting Pinterest Board HERE) The History of Welsh Quilting…
All and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Today’s tutorial, How to Quilt a Guitar Motif, is one YOU requested. I am working on creating continuous line designs for motif requests from readers. Please let me know if there is a motif YOU would like to see. No promises, but I will try. Today we are stitching a Guitar. In…
All and more
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…
All and more
Good Morning, Quilters! If your birthday was in June–Happy Birthday! Roses are YOUR birth flower. Roses mean love, honor, faith, confidence…depending on the color and have been grown for more than 5000 years! ROSES ARE EASY! Roses were my grandmother’s favorite flower–one half her yard was dedicated to formal roses, but until recently, I…
All and more
Good Morning, Quilters! How are YOUR Spring Samplers coming along? Do you have any questions? Last week I received a few questions on stabilization…I will discuss my method more on Friday–and we will open it up to “Open Line Friday”–Would love to hear YOUR tips and techniques… THE SPRING SAMPLER–DOUBLE LOOP VINE Today we will…
Gallery and more
Good Morning, Quilters! While I love gardens, I don’t always have a green thumb… After weeding all day, -I picked up a scrap of fabric–a tutorial (see the yellow flowers?) and just started quilting. These little exercises allow me a chance to clear my head, but as quilts.. most are “fails”… Once in a while there’s…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Let’s get started with our Spring Sampler Quilt tops! REVIEW Last week, we choose a color scheme and picked fabrics. Some of you may have stitched your 40 half square triangles. And YOU may have made a few designs decisions to make your sampler a different size. YOUR DESIGN I will be…
