Longarm Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! I’ve been quilting for more than twenty years! Most of my free motion quilting has been done on a variety of (BERNINA) domestic sewing machines: B830, B150QE, B770QE. In 2017, I purchased the BERNINA Q20, a sit-down (stationary) quilting machine and early this year, I purchased a BERNINA Q24 long arm with…
Creativity and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Do YOU give yourself creative free time? Do you take time to play with your supplies and materials without following a plan? No? Neither do I… at least not often enough! Last week, I needed a little hand sewing. I hadn’t been in my sewing room in awhile… I bet some of…
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Good Morning, Quilters! I hope you are feeling “fresh as a daisy” after the holiday weekend! “Daisy” is old English for “days-eye” and is the Flower of the Month for April. It’s still a little early in Minnesota gardens for this cheerful flower that symbolizes childhood, innocence and purity. I LOVE daisies and have offered…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Spring is in the air–and it’s time to pump up those bike tires! When you’re back from your cruise, add a two wheeler to your next quilt! This adorable motif stands alone…you don’t need stitch rows of bicycles–though you can if you want. Just tuck a quilted Bicycle into your other quilting…
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Good Morning, Quilters! First a note about my recent blogging difficulties…all of the issues were caused by changes made at Bluehost…beyond my control. For the past several mornings, I have been on the phone technical support…and we all know how that goes…. First you are on hold…then the stressful scramble to come up with the right…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Yes–it IS Wednesday…..it’s a two-tutorial week! I know you are have having fun with Easy Feathers from yesterday’s tutorial HERE… But just in case you are working on a Halloween project, I’m over at BERNINA’s blog, We All Sew with a tutorial for the adorable Jack-o-Lantern! It’s fast, fun and easy! Quilting…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Welcome to all our new followers from The Quilt Show, Pinterest, Facebook and more. There has been a lot of interest in the Ruining Quilts post. It is clear–we all have some fears associated with machine quilting. Fear no more-–YOU are in the right place! We will help you find YOUR way to beautiful quilts…
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Good Morning, Quilters! I’m delighted to present The Inbox Quilt Show! Thank you to all who sent photos of quilts using motifs from our extensive FREE Machine Quilting Library HERE. There are more than 100 motifs in the collection–and 60 have been chosen for publication by Martingale–Spring 2017! ENTER YOUR QUILTS It is not too…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Thank you all for helping me welcome Louis into the world! I can’t wait to smell that baby smell and kiss those baby toes! Today–by popular request–we have The Butterfly Machine Quilting Tutorial. (A note about requests-I try to create tutorials that YOU ask for…sometimes the design pops right onto my sketchbook,…
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Good Morning, Quilters! In keeping with our Star theme this month, I found this AMAZING video of Garip Ay-A Turkish artist, recreating Van Gogh’s Starry Night in one of the oldest Turkish traditions of painting on water. I hope YOU will be inspired to keep doodling Stars HERE And quilting Shining Stars HERE Or Swirling Stars HERE Or…
