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Welcome to my blog! I'm so glad you stopped by to check out all the good, the bad and the ugly tumbling around in my head!
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All the best - Chris
Posts Galore!
- A Bunch of Tutorials
- Burying Thread Ends
- Fabric Bucket
- Fabric Greeting Cards
- Fabric Paper
- Free-Motion Quilting (FMQ)
- French Seam
- Hanging Sleeve for Quilt
- Herringbone Quilt
- HST (half-square triangles)
- Machine Reverse Applique
- Machine Stitched Binding
- Melon Head Headbands
- Optic Squares Tutorial
- Painting Fabric with Glue Resist
- Painting Watercolor Fabric
- QAYG – Quilting in Sections, Adding Borders
- QAYG with Narrow Strips
- Simple Quilted Laptop Sleeve
- Simple Trapunto
- Stamp Carving
- Stitch and Flip Strip Quilt
- Basics
- Done!
- In Process
- Inspiration
- Projects
- Sketchbook Challenge
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Category Archives: A Bunch of Tutorials
True Confessions
While perusing some blogs and tutorials on various quilting techniques and projects (I can surf during lunch, but am too completely slammed by the time I get home to fire up the ol’ sewing machine for anything more than an … Continue reading
Slow and Steady . . .
It’s no surprise that my 15 minutes per day of quilting on this queen size baby makes for slow going. Yes, Mom, sometimes I do stretch it out to longer than 15 minutes, but some nights I can’t quite … Continue reading
The First (Round) Robin of Spring
OK, so the title is only a LITTLE bit tortured, but I’m sort of feeling a turn in the weather recently and it’s all GOOD! Best yet, the sun is starting to peek over the horizon when I’m driving too … Continue reading
An Easy Finish – iPad case!
Isn’t it great to have a quick finish every now and then? Yeah, the easy stuff can be hard sometimes, and the hard stuff is fun sometimes, but when the easy stuff stays easy, well, that’s a beautiful thing. No … Continue reading
Posted in Done!, Other Scrappy Projects, Simple Quilted Laptop Sleeve
Tagged Completed!, Laptop Sleeve
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A Peaceful Process (not so much)
Let’s just review what it took to get to this small finish, shall we? The Challenge: a small ornament to exchange for the Indianapolis Modern Quilt Guild December meeting. The Idea: Quilting Arts, January 2011, Improve Your Quilting Through Repetition … Continue reading
Posted in Basics, Design Choices, Fabric Greeting Cards, Inspiration
Tagged ATC's and Greeting Cards, Completed!, My Inspiration
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Counting Down to Christmas: Fabric Bucket Tute!
So we’ve moved from “counting blessings” to “Christmas countdown” and I’ll admit that I never put so much effort into de-stressing a holiday as I do Christmas. To say that I stress about de-stressing is not an exaggeration. That said, … Continue reading
Dyeing to Paint Tutorial!
The display is up in the gallery of our church and the reception was so wonderful! I met up with the nicest people – including Wendy and Charlotte with the Calligraphy Guild of Indiana. I had lots of fun looking … Continue reading
Cleaning Up! {and making Fabric Paper!}
Put a fork in me, I’m done. I’m SO overdue to get my crap cleaned up back to my little workroom I went to clean up and clear out so we we could, like, host guests this Thanksgiving! (Um, yes, … Continue reading
Posted in A Bunch of Tutorials, Done!, Fabric Paper, Inspiration
Tagged ATC's and Greeting Cards, Completed!
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FMQ – the Video
In lieu of torturing words today, here are a couple of little videos I recorded using the above set up. I finished quilting Section 2 of the Crossroads quilt and have added Section 3. Here’s how all that magic happens. … Continue reading
Posted in Basics, Free-Motion Quilting (FMQ), In Process, Scrap Quilts
Tagged A Bunch of Tutorials, QAYG, Quilting Set Up, Scrap Quilts
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Crossroads – Phase 3.2: Adding Section 2 (QAYG)
Section 1 is quilted! I decided to use a large paisley on the block sections and a bubble/pebble design on the paths. The paisley gets lost in all the over-sized florals, so it’s good that I didn’t pick a fussier … Continue reading
