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- A Bunch of Tutorials
- Burying Thread Ends
- Chain-Piecing
- 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
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- Projects
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Tag Archives: Scrap Quilts
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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A Finish! Improv Pillows on their way to a new home
Believe it or not, I actually finished something! Here are the two pillows that will be winging their way to DS #1 in Illinois:Only one small teensy snafu – I washed them AFTER they were all sewn together, including installation … Continue reading
An Improv Pillow for a New Apartment
I can’t help it. I miss them. DS #1 moved into a new apartment near Chicago. Top that off with DS #2 leaving to go back to university life and I have just a smidge of separation anxiety – again. … Continue reading
Posted in Design Choices, Improv Pillows, In Process, Scrap Quilts
Tagged Improv Piecing, In Process, 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
Crossroads – Phase 3.1: Preparing to Quilt-As-You-Go (QAYG)
I hate instructions that say “quilt as desired.” Talk about short-changing the “quilting” part of the quilt! And if not properly planned, the quilting part can cause even a mild-mannered, generally cheerful and positive-thinking adult woman to become crazed, hyper-ventilating, … Continue reading
Starstruck at the Sanctuary!
What’s it like for you when you go to a quilt show? My experiences are probably very similar to yours – magnificent, crazy amazing quilts hung in open airy light galleries. But what about the other part? Velvet ropes? Miniature … Continue reading
Crossroads Project – 100 Blocks Completed!
Yippee! Time for celebration, friends! I finished piecing the last of my Crossroads Blocks! Just like the proud quilty momma I am, here are some “baby” pictures – Here they are, all stacked together (offset so I could keep track … Continue reading
Posted in Basics, Fabric and Notion Choices, In Process, Scrap Quilts
Tagged In Process, Scrap Quilts
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Herringbone Quilt Tutorial – Part 2
Back to the Herringbone Quilt tutorial! (Got whiplash yet from me from bopping back and forth from project to project?) Now let’s make the triangle sections that fill in the top and bottom of the quilt columns. (**please see editor’s … Continue reading
Crossroads Project: Time to Assess Progress
Time to take a look at WIP(s) progress: Crossroads quilt: Total number of 10 1/2″ blocks needed: 100 Blocks completed: 81 Fabric inventory requirements: Will have enough of the proper prints. Barely. KF HST scrap quilt: Total number of 3 … Continue reading
Crossroads – Phase 2.5: The Side Project(s)
Last night DH stopped dead in his tracks in the doorway of the sewing room and said “It looks like your KF fabrics exploded in here!” Yes, I am a hugely messy quilter. At the start of a project (when … Continue reading
