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Good Morning, Quilters! I had a great time making Henry’s Baby Quilt–creating a village with a variety of cars and trucks. (See more about Henry’s Quilt HERE). The machine quilting tutorial for Henry’s Trucks can be found HERE Several of you requested a tutorial for The Car… THE ZIPPY CAR-A MACHINE QUILT TUTORIAL In this…
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Good Morning, Quilters! I trust you had a happy Memorial Day! Did you #losethosefatquarters? Move More? Eat Less? I will confess my weekend was a mixed bag -Move More + Eat More…but I’m back on track today! We’re building new attitudes…#No Excuses! THE BUILDING BLOCKS MACHINE QUILTING TUTORIAL Today’s tutorial is very similar to the Bricks…
Fitness and more
Good Morning, Quilters! For several months, I’ve been thinking of writing about this weighty topic…the dilemma we all face every time we have a few spare minutes…Exercise or Quilt? Quilt or Exercise? So a few weeks ago, when several of you had a conversation about health and exercise in the comment section, my percolating plan came to a…
Doodles
Good Morning, Quilters! I’ve really been enjoying all the comments from yesterday’s #RealSewingRoom post. I guess I’m not alone–and as we all know-misery loves company! (I think it may be a group case of co-enabling?!?) Thanks for posting your photos on Instagram…if you want to see what is already posted, you must sign up…
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Good Morning, Quilters! A few weeks ago, I wrote about my sewing room and posted this photo of my sewing room: At the time, I admitted the other half of the room was less serene. My friend, Tracy Mooney from Generation Q Magazine challenged me to show the rest… This is very hard for me… Don’t judge…though…
Machine Quilting
Good Morning, Quilters! I’m really excited to tell you about a four and half day workshop I will be teaching at the beautiful, John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina! Have any of YOU been to The Folk School? It will be my first time and I can’t wait! The School has been around…
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”…
Doodles and more
Good Morning, Quilters! It’s a busy week… I’m off to Denver tomorrow to film a second Craftsy video! This project has been “percolating” in my head since filming my first video in June. (Divide and Conquer: Creative Quilting) I submitted a proposal in October and got the “green light” in November. Since then I’ve…
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Good Morning, Quilters! Once again, my sewing room hit that level of entropy…you know…where there’s no choice, but to stop and clean… I thought a few pictures were in order (if only to prove I cleaned it once!) Truth be told…only this half of the room is clean–the fabric…oh, the fabric! Hope your sewing…
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Happy Valentine’s Day, Quilters! Valentine’s Day fills me with happy memories of school days… The decorated coffee can mailbox, the tiny cards to sign and address, perhaps a new pen? Paper hearts, doilies, paper rings…the smell of kindergarten paste… All gave way to fabric, threads, needles, notions… If you’re like me, you’ll probably want to…
