Design and more
Good Morning, Quilters! I am back from Spring Market in St. Louis — energized and exhausted all at once! I have lots of news to share–but we will reserve it for later this week because we have work to do! We are free motion quilting our Spring Quilt-a-Long. This quilt-a-long was designed as a half-square…
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…
Design and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Yesterday we started our Spring Quilt-a-Long. The tutorials will usually be every Tuesday. This week your assignment is: Choose a color scheme. Prepare the fabrics. Consider design changes-to make it longer, larger, etc… And to make the Half Square Triangles. For the quilt above, you will need 40–2 inch (finished) half…
Quilt and more
Good Morning, Quilters! Mother’s Day is just around the corner! YOU and your mother would love: PERSONALIZED BOOKS WITH FREE SHIPPING Order a personalized, autographed copy Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 from the Etsy Shop HERE… Let us know who you would like the note signed to… and receive… FREE SHIPPING! Hurry this offer lasts only…
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…
