I’ve been quilting since 2010 and have struggled with the small machine I have. It’s doable, but there is a lot of pulling and tugging involved. Don’t get me wrong,...
read moreDuring my trip to the Houston Festival in November, I saw a pattern that I thought was just too cute to pass up. Along with the pattern, I also bought a “grab bag” of Cherrywood fabrics — all pieces in different colors and approximately 8″ x 10″ in size — to make the various houses. […]
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I absolutely love going to the Houston Quilt Festival, and I’m very lucky to be able to do so. I left home last Wednesday and returned home on Sunday, and it was so much fun to meet up with old friends and see the gorgeous quilts and the amazing vendors! Since Bernina is celebrating their […]
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I’ve shown you the four adorable little blocks designed by the San Francisco Stitch Company, and they also offered designs for the borders and corners to finish up the project. I’ve just completed the stitching on those, and my Bernina 790+ did a wonderful job with all of it.
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Trick or Treat?! Well if you said treat I have a special treat for you today! Since Halloween is around the corner I decided to whip up a fun Trick or Treat Tote for you to make for your littles to tote all their yummy treats they receive this Oct 31st! Since I am not a fan of anything too spooky and I am a big cat lover, I decided to go for the classic and cute approach to Halloween by creating a Black Cat Tote bag! You can find the full tutorial by heading to the weallsew ...
Happy Tuesday morning, y'all! I just have a couple of quick things I wanted to share with you:
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I’ve had a couple of towels hanging around for some time; the designs I’d originally planned to put on them just weren’t exciting me any longer. However, I had two other designs that I do like, so …. Lining up designs like these to get them straight can be pretty tricky, but a feature that […]
read moreI love seeing all of the Beaded Lanterns quilts in progress! Remember, you can share your work in my ChristaQuilts facebook group, or on instagram #beadedlanternsqal. For my latest post hosted over on the BERNINA blog, We All Sew, I’m chatting about the quilting plan I created and how I broke the steps down into walking foot quilting and free-motion techniques.
One of the easiest ways to quilt a quilt is to stitch in the ditch and then echo it to highlight certain areas of the quilt. For more tips and to check out the rest of the quilt ...
read moreAlthough I’ve lived in my current home for about 5 years, there is still a lot of decorating to do in it. For some reason, the idea of ‘all at once’ decorating has never appealed to me. I’d rather live with bare walls and spaces while I look for just the right piece of art or furniture that speaks to me. I know I need to work on this more diligently, because my son often reports back about “cozy homes” when he visits his friends — gulp.
My formal living room has been the most barren room since we ...
read moreGreat news for those of you following the BERNINA quilt along to make Beaded Lanterns. More of the kits are back in stock at shop.christaquilts.com.
Last Thursday, the lastest installment was shared over at We All Sew. The next step in the process is to sew the blocks to make the quilt top. Click the links below to catch up on the Quilt Along and feel free to jump in at any time!
Week 1 – Supply List and Schedule
Week 2 – Sewing the Blocks
Week 3 – Quilt Top Assembly
I like to keep a pincushion with an attached bag next to my sewing machine so as not to end up with a zillion threads all over the floor for my dog to eat.
read moreAre you having fun with my quilt alongs? I know it’s kinda crazy that I’m doing two at once (Dot ‘n Dash on my blog and Beaded Lanterns over on the BERNINA blog). But seriously, if I didn’t have deadlines for my quilting, I wouldn’t get anything done, LOL!!
Fortunately – just so you know, I actually made both quilts ahead of time since I knew I would be out of the country teaching when they were scheduled to be shared. (More about my Australia trip later, so stay tuned!)
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read moreI needed a break from playing Sherlock Holmes with the longarm machine over the weekend, and APQS Tech Support was closed anyway, so I dug around my studio looking for a small victory, something I could cross off my list easily without pulling out any of my hair or screaming profanity.
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This week kicks off another fun quilt along that I created to help promote my Fandangle fabric collection. Over the next 7 week’s I’ll be sharing step by step tutorials over on BERNINA’s Blog – We All Sew. We will make my Beaded Lanterns quilt – a free pattern I designed that is precut friendly.
Of course, all of the patterns I design would look fabulous in any fabrics you choose, but I really love the excuse to design and make quilts with my own fabric lines.
All you need is one jelly roll or Fandangle “strip-pie” plus 4 ...
read moreWe needed a new angel for the top of our Christmas tree since the previous one had to “retire” last year. I’ve had the design for this one for over a year, and I’ve finally gotten around to making her. She’s all lace embroidery over organza; the fiddliest part was putting all of the sections […]
read moreYears ago I made a jewelry bag for travel, but I’ve always thought it was far too large for my needs, though I really liked all of its features. However, I recently saw a pattern from Indygo Junction for the Store & Go Zipper Case and thought it might work better for me. The pattern […]
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