Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Thank YOU all for joining me in the excitement about our new book! It will make using the Tuesday Tutorials so much easier! The first book (perhaps a sequel?) contains more than 61 of my favorite tutorials. Because each tutorial has a number of photos, we were forced to limit the selection—but…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! We’re stitching right a long on our Sunflower Samplers, but first I want to answer your questions about thread. BOBBIN THREAD AND NEEDLE I have been using Aurifil, 28 weight cotton for the Sunflower Sampler and for the Annie Smith project (see yesterday’s post) Whenever I use heavy weight thread on top,…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Thank all of you who left comments in our Pretty Pink Sulky Thread Giveaway. Please read yesterday’s post and get your mammogram! Today we are stitching right along on our Sunflower Sampler. Last week we marked the fabric and stitched the center oval. (See last week’s directions HERE) Your quilt should now…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! (and Pooches and Kitties…) Today is Day Two of our Sunflower Sampler Quilt-a-Long. (See Day One HERE) Our quilt sandwich is pressed and marked with an oval and divided into eighths. CHOOSING THREAD I recommend using a heavy weight thread so you can really see the stitches. 40wt, 30wt, 28wt in cotton,…
Gallery and more
Good Morning, Quilters! For a little change of pace this month we are replacing our Motif Tuesday Tutorials with The Sunflower Sampler Quilt-a-Long! The finished quilt shown here, is a quilt I stitched several years ago on a piece of hand-dyed fabric. This will give you a general idea of what we are making, but…
Machine Quilting and more
Good Morning, Quilters! The Mystery Quilt is no longer a mystery…it is a Sailboat Sampler! Today we add the Sailboats and the Clouds and next week we add some finishing touches. Let’s jump right in! Let’s remark the lines– Draw a line 1-1/4 inches above the top of the Scallops. Draw another line 3/4 inch…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters, Doodlers and Fishermen! Hope your quilts are coming along swimmingly… Last week we stitched Rows 3, 5, 12, and 13 HERE We are stitching Rows 7 and 11 this week. Row 11 Let’s add a little character to our quilts– In Row 11 add one row of the School of Fish tutorial. HOW TO…
Quilt and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Our Mystery Quilt-a-Long Continues….and is really taking shape this week! How are your quilts coming along? Please post your photos to Instagram #mysteryQAL @theinboxjaunt. Also, if you’ve signed up for either of my Craftsy classes, Divide and Conquer or the new class, Doodle to Design, you can post your photos on the class…
Quilt and more
Good Morning, Quilters! I want to thank all of YOU for your well wishes and all of you who purchased Creative Quilting: From Doodle to Design! I think we may have hit the record for first day enrollments!?? Don’t forget, I will be offering a 50% discount all week! There is so much jammed…
Quilt and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Thank you all for participating in last week’s Open Line Friday about “Sewers, Sewists, Seamstresses, Tailors….” It was a fascinating discussion! CHANGE OF SCHEDULE Our Mystery Quilt-a-long was so popular last year that I decided to make it an annual project! For the next several weeks, we will be replacing our “Tuesday Tutorials”…
