Hi and welcome to our monthly Quilter's Cove link up. We've been making colourful houses based on the Rainbow Scraps Challenge colours. We're now on the October house, which is in neutral colours. I seem to think that every house I make is my favourite, and this one is no exception
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The scallop has become a recurring motif in the quilts I have finished ever since I got my Bernina 20, a sit-down long-arm machine. What started as one little experiment has somehow turned into one of my favorite quilting motifs. I keep coming back to it, but every time I do, I seem to find a slightly different way to use it. I thought it would be fun to look back at some of the quilts I have quilted with scallops and show you just how different this one simple shape can look.
And, there is another theme that seems ...
read moreI’ve finished my latest paper-piecing project! I love this bird, but I absolutely hated how it was made. Don’t get me wrong, though; the fabrics and colors are amazing, and I do enjoy paper piecing. However, this is a new-to-me kind of paper piecing, and I didn’t enjoy it at all. That’s fine; lots of people […]
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Choose a photo and learn how to draw FPP quilt blocks. I watched the EQ online course and created my first block!
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Foundation paper piecing is like meditation to me. The repetitive steps, especially when making many of the same block, put me in a Zen state. Some of us are intimidated; yet, after the first project, you will be comfortable with it. Take a look at this video to see how I paper-piece blocks. You can also check out how I pieced the Sun Block.
Nowadays, the only ‘tool’ I use is an ...
read moreWell, that was fast! After I wrote a few hours ago that I was trying to figure out how to get a photo of the Exploding Heart quilt I’d recently made, it hit me that someone at my local quilt shop might be able to help! Sure enough, one of the taller women who works […]
read moreAfter a rather long hiatus, I’m back to working on my Exploding Star quilt.
read moreI’ve been AWOL for a time as I worked on an online class. I have a terrible time deciding how I want to do the quilting on my quilts, so I’ve just finished a design class that may help me overcome that. It was a class from Lisa Calle, from whom I’ve had other classes in […]
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