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I have a big bag full of scraps, lots of trimmings  and little leftovers from various projects. Occasionally I would tip everything out on the floor, looking for some particular colour, but really, it was a mess, and I was getting sick of it.  

Full to overflowing

So one fine day, I took the bag out to the patio table, and tipped it all out, it was high time for a sort out.  The colours were all separated, and it was easy to tell that the neutrals were by far the largest pile.  My aim was to see how many ...

We are back to walking foot quilting with another fun machine quilting video tutorial for you to watch. Check out Diagonal Crosshatch and Irregular Crosshatch. Click the image below to watch and let me know which design you prefer!

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Have You Checked out My Latest Kits?

It’s one thing to practice your designs on small samples, but you really get the hang of things when quilting them on a real, full sized quilt. I’ve been having fun putting together all sorts of fun kits ...

Have you been watching my free series of domestic machine quilting videos? New episodes drop each week and you can watch them anytime, on your own schedule for FREE! This week I have 2 for you to catch up on. First of all, learn how to quilt fun free-motion wavy lines. They are fast and easy to stitch! Check it out below:

If you want to take your quilting up a notch, stitch this design in both directions and it becomes an interesting, organic wavy grid! You can stitch this as an edge to edge design, or in smaller areas ...

Today I’m playing catchup with 2 new videos from my 99 Machine Quilting Designs series. These are free videos I’m sharing each and every week, from my book of the same name. I like to teach a variety of walking foot AND free motion designs to make the best use of your home sewing machine! First, check out this fun pebbles variation called Cobblestones:

This is a dense design that I would use sparingly, and it looks great as a background fill surrounding other, less dense designs.

Walking Foot Wonders

If walking foot quilting is more your thing ...

We are making some changes around here (all good I promise) so I really need to clear out some of my older fabric lines, like ASAP! I’ve just reduced all clearance fabrics by the yard to just $7.95!! This is a great time to stock your stash with borders, backings and lots of gorgeous color. Hurry though, because these are all out or print, so once they are gone they’re gone forever!

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But Wait, There’s More…

In addition to my sale fabric by the yard, I also ...

My latest episode of 99 Machine Quilting Designs covers three variations of one of my staple designs: Pebbles. This is one of my favorite designs to use in my quilts, as it’s easy to quilt once you get the hang of it and endlessly versatile. Check out the video below if you want to give it a try:

Featured Quilt: Beaded Lanterns

This week’s featured quilt comes from one of my free quilt patterns, titled “Beaded Lanterns.” I originally made it in solid fabrics to really show off my free motion quilting. I quilted pebbles in the background ...

No fabric in this week, a miracle since my Guild had their annual fabric sale. The fabric just wasn’t speaking to me. I bought this stitching frame instead.

I’m not sure how that ended up in the sale, but I’m grateful to have it.

At the thrift store later, I found this Hinzeit pattern with the charms. DH is an avid fisherman, and the charms made it too cute to pass up.

In the sewing room, work on the shirt continues. I’d really like to finish it this month.

Fabric In: 0

Fabric Out: 17.25 ...

Fabric can be such a mess! You cut off your selvages…..now you have no idea what the fabric line is.

You cut the larger piece into a smaller piece…now you have no idea what size you really have now.

There is a monster pile of pieces of fabric….who knows what you really have?!

Today, we are going to learn together a new sewing room idea and how to conquer the problem of fabric.

 About 10 days ago, I drove 90 minutes and met up with this sweet friend.Then we drove another 90 minutes to Lovington to visit a favorite quilt shop that was closing.Every shop has it's own personality and this one was so good. They had something for everyone...novelties, western, 30's, Civil War reproduction, Kaffe, holidays, batiks, modern, and blenders. The sales had been going on

embroidered cloth.

We’re back to Walking Foot quilting this week for 99 Machine Quilting Designs! Wavy Zigzags is a great design to add some quick texture to a small or full-sized quilt. Try quilting it once, twice, or combining it with regular zigzags for endless variety! If you want to learn how-to, check out the video below:

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Each week I try to feature one of my patterns where I’ve used the design I’m showing you. That way you can actually practice this design on a full sized kit! I quilted some ...

This week for 99 Machine Quilting Designs I’m showing how to free-motion quilt several loop variations. They are one of my go-to designs! Click below to watch:

These 3 designs all come from my book 99 Machine Quilting Designs. You can grab the instant PDF download of this book from my Etsy shop and follow along with each video that I’m sharing all year long!

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Bonus Video: Quilting Loops on a Real Quilt!

After watching my video tutorials each week, I’m sure you’ll want ...

I recently entered 2 quilts into my local quilt guild’s show and was pleased with both the feedback and the response they got, so I thought I would share more about that with you today!

Interlinked Wins 1st Place!!

First up is my Interlinked Quilt. This one is huge – King sized to be exact! I had finished nearly all of this quilt a couple years ago when my Stitchy fabric first came out. However, I dragged my feet on finishing the binding because I wanted it to match up perfectly with the offset borders. Once I finally did, I ...

On this episode Vanessa shares her experience using Palette Scout color theory cards to curate a new fabric bundle for you!

She shares tips on how to use the cards to choose fabrics for your next sewing/quilting project. An affordable and fun tool for any creatives that work with color!

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Want to learn to quilt a fun modern meander called Circuit Board? This is the next installment of my “Year of Machine Quilting” free video tutorials for you to try! Click the image below to watch:

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My Latest and Greatest: How Do I Quilt It?

This week’s featured quilt comes from my latest book, “How Do I Quilt It?” In this book (which is required reading for all of my in-person workshops), I show how to quilt 3 different quilts, 3 different ways. In the teal ...

On this episode Vanessa shares her experience with the Palette Scout color theory cards by Zollie Makes.

She shares tips on how to use the cards to choose fabrics for your next sewing/quilting project. An affordable and fun tool for any creatives that work with color!

• Order Palette Scout deck here (affiliate link): https://collabs.shop/wynxdv

• NEW Mystery Mini Bag Club #1: https://craftygemini.com/shop/mystery-mini-bag-club1/

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• Mini Ironing Board- DIY Video Tutorial: https://craftygemini.com/2013/06/mini-ironing-board-diy-video-tutorial.html

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It’s time for another fun set of Walking Foot quilting designs for you to try – Zig Zags & Double Zig Zags. Take a look by clicking the image below:

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Get My Book – Piece and Quilt with Precuts for More Designs!

Two of the quilt patterns I show in the video above come from my 3rd book Piece and Quilt with Precuts. It’s now out of print but you can grab the PDF version from my Etsy Shop!

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Can you believe I’ve designed 10 fabric lines? Do you have any of my previous collections in your stash? Although I love releasing a new fabric group once or twice a year, I really look at it as one continuous collection. I enjoying adding more fabrics and designs when I realize what I’m missing in my own stash, LOL!

Click here to view all Dazzle Dots 2 fabrics, bundles, precuts and kits.

After the tremendous success of the original Dazzle Dots, my fabric company asked for more dots! Since I did bold saturated colors last time, I though ...

This week for 99 Machine Quilting Designs we are learning to quilt Triangle Texture, a design that’s great for modern OR traditional quilts! Watch below and let me know what you think!

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I recently combined 2 motifs – boxes and triangles on the gray version of my Surplus Strips quilt! You can now grab the kit to make this quilt with the gray or white background, or grab the pattern and choose your own colors. It’s fun to make and fun to quilt! 

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