For a while now I’ve been wanting to try machine quilting a Cricut design onto one of my quilts. I used this border wave design from Life is a Beach on my Marine quilt (by Dan Stiles), and I love how it turned out! I originally quilted straight horizontal lines, but I did them 3″ … Read more
But first…I finished the Citron Grey quilt top! I think I’ll call this quilt Half Crazy. I love it! Pressing seams can be tricky in quilting…open or to the side…? I think it’s a matter of preference. I used to be a strict open seam believer (because I learned to sew clothing first probably) but … Read more
I finished sewing all the strips together on my Citron Grey quilt…only I decided at the last minute to try to do them a little bit wonky. I totally cheated and cut them wonky on purpose, so it wasn’t all free loving with no measuring, but I’m a little braver and think I could try … Read more
Today is Monday, and I WILL have a giveaway this week, just probably not up and running until tomorrow. It’s a good one though…you’ll like it. As for today, I just finished hand sewing the binding onto my Michael Miller Ginger Blossom tumbler quilt. I enjoy hand sewing and always use a slip stitch, which … Read more
The Electric Quilt 7 software arrived in the mail on Friday of last week…I’ve been going NUTS designing patterns with it, and what a difference great technology makes. I went from graph paper and colored pencils and hours of drawing and erasing to being able to create an entire pattern, complete with colors, dimensions, borders, … Read more
This quilt was my first go at a Disappearing 9 Patch quilt. I love the randomness, although I know now that I should have some solids to balance it all out. This is Moda’s Sugar Pop line, same stuff I used for my coin quilt, just a different color scheme. I love the coral/purple/pink/blue. I … Read more
The All Star 2 line from Riley Blake is quite possibly my favorite boy fabric lines ever. Because of the new baby due in August, we moved Elliot from his toddler bed to a twin bed, and this is his new quilt! I bought enough fabric to make a second matching quilt for Gus when … Read more
As promised yesterday, here’s a video demonstration on how to get that stinky walking foot on your machine. Happy quilting!
Remember my free motion quilting experiment? Well, I haven’t tried again since. I have so many projects to get done before this baby is born, I haven’t had time! A more straight forward machine quilting method is to use a walking foot and quilt in straight lines, which is what I’ve done most of. That … Read more
It all begins with fabric, doesn’t it? This is the fabric I chose for baby boy #3, whom we shall call Sharky. (My sister also has a fetus named Sharky. We tried to give him another name, but my boys wouldn’t have it.) The fabric is Michael Miller (of course!) It’s an older line, but … Read more