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 I'm delinquent in sharing this year's 100 day project with you. You might remember my 100 days of Bojagi that I did in 2020. It was great fun and I became better at a new skill, which, for me, was the point. This year I decided to go in a totally different direction. No needle or thread this time.... I decided to doodle 100 days of Monsters! Why monsters, you ask? Why not?!?

The project wrapped up several weeks ago. Here are all of the monsters I drew in the 100 days...

First because the project began in ...

doodling with needle and thread

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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle fabric patterns! We all have so many fabrics we love. We can use the fabric patterns as inspirations for our doodle practice.  Look at each piece of fabric carefully.  Repeat the shapes, continue the lines and then continue the design with your own patterns. …

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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are doodling overlapping motifs! But first– Double Email Notifications File this under–I’d rather be quilting  (in fact, I’d rather be dusting or going to the dentist, or….) A note about DOUBLE DOUBLE Eemmaaiillss! Argh! Many people have written to me about the unsubscribe button and the double email…

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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today, we are going to learn how to doodle a whimsical sheep.  The sheep’s body is the perfect place to practice  machine quilting motifs! And just in time for spring!  (Spring?!? It snowed in Minnesota last week!) The Whimsical Sheep Doodle Start with simple shapes to create the head like…

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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to create flower doodles in our series, Better Quilting Through Doodling... But First…. Another Art Heist ! Did you see the news that a VanGogh  painting was stolen from a Dutch museum last week?! The masterpiece was stolen from The Singer Laren museum.  It was on…

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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to doodle in color in our ongoing series, Better Quilting Through Doodling! First–a really fabulous announcement!  Bluprint is offering their entire class library FREE for two weeks!  This is a great opportunity to dabble in things you’ve never tried before or take a deep dive into…

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Good Afternoon, Quilters! Today we will continue to doodle with scallops and lines. Basic shapes can be combined to create a wide range of patterns. Just keep your pencil moving! See how many different shapes and patterns you can create with scallops, tapered scallops, circles and lines. (Tutorials and ideas below.) Scallops Tapered Scallops Circles…

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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to learn how to doodle with circles and lines! Well, “learn” is a strong word for doodling….We are going to practice doodling–  circles and lines are the prompt. Today, your challenge is to only use circles and lines! I often find that  limiting the elements, makes…

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Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to learn how to doodle circles!  Of course you don’t need a lesson in how to doodle circles… Our mini-class, Better Quilting Through Doodling is not so much a series of lessons as it is a list of prompts to encourage you to doodle.  Doodling helps quilters develop…

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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to learn how to doodle tapered scallops. Doodling is a great way to improve your free motion quilting skill.  In our series, Better Quilting Through Doodling, we are going to learn the basic building blocks of many quilt motifs. Doodling helps develop both muscle memory and…

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Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to learn to doodle scallops! Doodling is the fastest way to become a better quilter! Doodling helps build muscle memory and muscle memory allows you to quilt smoother lines.  When you haven’t developed the muscle memory before quilting, you will hesitate when you stitch parts of a motif. …

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Good Morning, Quilters and Doodlers! Today we are going to learn how to create a doodle envelope! As you have heard me say hundreds of times–the fastest way to improve your quilting is to doodle! When you doodle on an envelope you will need to doodle around shapes–just like you do when machine quilting. Perfect…

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Bongiorno, Quilters and Travlers! Today, I would like to share my travel journal for Italy. With the news of  devastating floods in Venice this week, I spent a little time reviewing my photos and my journal. Our Travel Agent First, I’d like to give a shout out to our travel agent, Lindsay from Passion for…

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Good Morning, Quilters! Today we have a little diversion from quilting-we’re block printing doodles! Last week, I  was in Wisconsin  for a quilting retreat with my sisters and friends.  (We’ve been going to the same retreat for over twenty years.) We quilt all day and late into the evening, but after awhile I needed a…

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