Art
The Headless Horseman Pursing Ichabod Crane John Quidor (1801-1881) American Read about John Quidor HERE Read the Legend of Sleepy Hollow FREE on the Gutenberberg Project HERE Find a Historically Annotated Book, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on Amazon HERE Read What Inspired The Legend of Sleepy Hollow HERE Read about Washington Irving HERE
Design and more
Today’s Topic: Halloween Quilting Welcome to Week Nineteen of The Better Machine Quilt-a-long based on my book 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting. Find all of the previous Lessons HERE. Sign up for emails of the class HERE. Join the private Quilting with LKQ Facebook Group HERE Good Morning, Quilters! We are taking a…
Motifs and more
Good Morning, Quilters! It’s time for our annual round-up of machine quilting halloween patterns! Machine quilting shouldn’t be scary, though I know many of us still fear FMQ. One of the ways to overcome this fear is to find a machine quilting motif that is so much fun you can’t resist the urge to try.…
Motifs and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Welcome back to Tuesday Tutorials! I thought a Ghost would be the appropriate motif–since I’ve “ghosted” YOU lately! SORRY! (In the vernacular of the day…ghosting someone means disappearing without explanation…) My explanation: EXHAUSTION–following my daughter’s wedding! JOAN’S GHOSTS This motif was inspired by an adorable border created by my friend, Joan… I…
Gallery
Good Morning, Quilters! Wow! I am so excited to be back here at The Inbox Jaunt! The amazing number of comments this week demonstrate clearly that we are a passionate group of quilters! YOUR notes about why YOU quilt, YOUR quilt “angels”, process vs product have been heartfelt and insightful! Clearly, the quilt process is…
All and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I have such happy memories of trick or treating as a child and when my kids were younger! I LOVE to all the motif possibilities too! Okay…I LOVE candy! Especially Tootsie Rolls, Smarties, Licorice, Mounds Bars, Snickers, Milk Duds…. It’s better to keep my hands…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! I am off on a quilting jaunt-teaching at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina and then I am heading straight to Houston for Quilt Market! One of the projects we will be working on is the Pumpkin Sampler I designed for Quilt Shop Gal a few years…
Sewing and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Halloween is just around the corner–but there’s still time to make ourselves a sewing treat! Try the Pumpkin Pin Cushion HERE (photo above) Or make the long Pin Pillow–handy when you pre-thread several needles. The extra-long shape prevents the tails from tangling! Read about it HERE and find a tutorial HERE…
