25 Week Quilt-a-Long and more
Today’s Topic: Designing Quilts with Stencils Welcome to Weekseventeen of The Better Machine Quilt-a-long based on my book 25 Days to Better Machine Quilting. Find all of the previous Lessons HERE. Sign up for emails of the class HERE. Join the private Quilting with LKQ Facebook Group HERE Good Morning, Quilters! This will be the…
Machine Quilting Basics
Good Morning, Quilters! Last week, we learned how to stitch the beautiful Honeycomb. The Honeycomb is a very versatile pattern. It can be stitched as an all over texture to cover an entire quilt, or it can be used as a pretty focus motif. For the next few weeks, we are going to add…
Machine Quilting and more
Thank you to all of you who entered our latest giveaway sponsored by The Inbox Jaunt and The Stencil Company. In order to qualify, you had to tell us how many UFOs you currently own. I’ve tallied the number and including my own –(I have 26 UFOs)–followers of The Inbox Jaunt have 172,459 UFOs! (Just…
Machine Quilting and more
As you know, I use stencils frequently in my quilts. I used a child’s stencil for the Snow Crystal Quilt HERE and I used a stencil to stitch my Shamrock quilt last March. See the Shamrocks HERE. (The Shamrock Quilt is actually the Geranium Stencil #SCL-513.16.5) Whenever I use a stencil, I “lori-ize” it by adding a…
Design and more
Art and more
Quilt
It’s Monday, and I have completed the three most important things on my To-Do list and now can move on to the fun things–blogging, quilting, and photography! You all have inspired me with your FABULOUS Time Management tips. (If you recall, last week I asked you for time management tips as I never seem to…
Machine Quilting and more
This week, I am working on a few stencil projects including this stencil from Quilting Creations. (Cambridge PC3) It took a couple of minutes to trace with my Clover pen… I love the basic outline, but you know me…I could never leave it there… The stencil is just an excuse to doodle! Now off it…
Machine Quilting and more
This week I am working on a few colorful projects. This stencil, from The Stencil Company, is called “Geranium“. However, if I stitch it on green fabric, I think it will pass as a shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day. I like this stencil because it can be used in six ways: It can be stitched…
Machine Quilting Quick Tips
Today, I am decorating the house with our collection of Christmas candles, figurines, Santas and snowmen. I have several red and green small quilts that I use as a base for my collections. They add a bright “pop” of color… and protect the wood from scratches… Some of the quilts are “free form” doodles…like the…
