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.…
Machine Quilting
Good Morning, Quilters! I was able to remove a UFO from my list–The Fishy Quilt is complete–binding and all. I bet you can guess the inspiration for this quilt! It was quick and easy to appliqué (My preferred method is needle turn, hand appliqué) –then I splashed on a few fun threads. I stitched Pearls…
All and more
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…
All and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Almost finished! As I mentioned last week, I’m staying focused on my daughter’s wedding quilt–and I’ll have tons of photos and tips soon. In the meantime…. We have a round up of Halloween Free Motion Quilt Tutorials. Everything YOU need to make a fabulous quilt. (For ideas on how to compose the motifs into…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters! “I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion” –Henry David Thoreau (I wonder if Mr. Thoreau ever saw the gorgeous velvet pumpkins available now—I’d like to see the philosophical pretzel twisting to decide where to sit then!?) Our friend, Andrea has…
Doodles and more
Happy Fall, Quilters! It’s that time of year again–the sun starts showing up late and leaving early… While we anticipate winter, we are treated with the glorious bounty and colors of autumn…. And here in Minnesota–Autumn is gorgeous! THE THREAD PALETTE I used several threads to create this little quilt including Sulky Rayon 40wt, Sulky cotton…
Art
Happy Halloween! It’s been a colorful month here in Minnesota (and at The Inbox Jaunt). I will be sorry to turn the calendar page to November, though pumpkins, gourds and berries are still topical until Thanksgiving… With the weekend upon us, perhaps you’ll have some time to TREAT yourself… What will you choose as your…
Machine Quilting
Good Morning, Quilters and Quilt-Lovers! Happy Monday! Thank you to all who entered our American Quilter Magazine Giveaway! It was very interesting to read about the wide variety of sewing machines used for free motion quilting. We will talk more about feed-dogs UP and feed dogs DOWN in a coming edition of The Inbox Jaunt. WITHOUT…
