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I have been teaching quilting since MQX in 2006. I quickly realized that I absolutely love to teach and so I never looked back. When the pandemic hit, it hit hard. Our industry was forever changed. I had to pivot to online classes and in the process learn a bunch of new technology.

Quilter’s Groove Design Academy is my signature class; it is 10 weeks of design “training.” I break down how to design the quilting for your tops week by week. Many students say they never look at a quilt top the same way again. This makes my ...

Thought I would share pics of the quilt I made for my great-nephew before and after washing. I love the post wash quilty crinkle glow up. What about you? Do you love battings that give that crinkle, or do you prefer the less crinkle. To me, the crinkle is part of what makes a quilt… Continue reading The Crinkle

I meant to write this yesterday, but I was traveling to my brother’s house in Florida with my sister. We are here for some excellent family time.

Yesterday was 100 days with no alcohol! I know some of you might be thinking, what’s the big deal? While I am not an alcoholic, I definitely had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. I have social anxiety, and believe me …. it is much easier for me to be in a room full of people after I’ve had a drink. This is not a good way to live. I would rather ...

After adding this image to the post, and tapped play on Pandora one of my favorite songs started playing. As the words spill from my brain to fingers breaking the silence of this last season the desire fills my being to write more, quilt again. Winter is by far not my favorite season, the sky… Continue reading When the Silence Takes Hold

My grand parents had a smallish cherry tree in the corner of their garden and every Spring it would ‘dress itself in a pink fluffy ballgown’ and it would sprinkle pink leaves with every little breeze. I loved that tree and I told myself that I wanted one of those in my garden when I grew up. I haven’t made that come true yet, but there are plenty of other brightly colored flowers, bushes and trees in my garden. I can’t resist a bright bloom!

This past week, my quilting attention went mostly to this lovely Optical Illusions quilt that I am quilting for a client. She made it for her 16 year old grandson. I felt a little intimidated by it at first, but this has actually turned out to be so much fun to work on. The center… Continue reading Sunday Funday Catching Up

This quilt started as an experiment with fat quarters. I had seen a few similar quilts and wanted to give it a try.

This version uses 9 fat quarters. Three prints and 6 solids. The quilt finishes at 40″ x 48″. Each block has a center cut at 4-1/2″ x 4-1/2″, some plain squares, and some created as hourglass blocks made of two squares starting at 5-1/2″ x 5-1/2″. The outside of the blocks is two rectangles 2-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ and two rectangles 2-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.

It went together quickly and is ...

Morning Splash is a quilt pattern that I taught back in 2010 and 2011. Not only has our family moved three times since then, but my blog has moved several times since then. Several times a year, someone will show a finished quilt made by this pattern and I am inundated by requests for the...

It’s hard to believe Quilter’s Groove TRIBE will be three years old in June! It has been fun, frustrating, and rewarding all at once! The pandemic sure did a number on our quilting industry. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I got a divorce in 2019, and in 2020, I was scheduled to have my most profitable year yet. I was set to travel almost every other week, so I would travel the weeks I did not have Brody (my youngest son). Then, in March 2020, life, as we all knew it, came to a screeching ...

It is the first Friday of the month, time for our Stashbusters check in. How’d you do sewing in March? Gather up your acquisitions and finishes, as it is time to report your progress.

I had a lot of fabric ‘in’ this month. Spending gift certificates and winning a prize pushed the total up higher than it would have been otherwise. Leading off, my fourth place win in the National Quilting Day challenge came with a jelly roll, fabric in = 3 yards.

Spending a gift certificate at our local shop, Beginnings, I came home with two yards of cute ...

It has been a hot minute since I’ve blogged consistently so I figure it’s like starting over now. My blog was primarily about quilting and while I have a lot to say on that subject, my life is quite different now so I figure my blog will be a bit different as well. So if you are looking for solely quilting… this may not be the blog for you. I will also bring you on my journey of (for lack of a better word) “enlightenment”. I apologize that this may not be linear.

I started my quilting business ...

Next up in our journey of classic and vintage quilting, we’re excited to share the Contrary Husband Quilt. While we don’t know why this block is called Contrary Husband, we do know it’s the perfect block to demonstrate partial seams, also called Y-seams. Join us as we delve into the details of this pattern and the free quilt block video tutorial!

The Contrary Husband Quilt Pattern

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The Contrary Husband Quilt Pattern is our take on this classic design. This quilt pattern comes in four sizes ...

I am over the moon excited about the Pick a Quilt week coming this month!!

Join me for a week of sewing, chatting, using your stash and finishing a quilt – along side me and other quilters!

We are going to have a lot of fun, games and connections.

Get ready for a FREE week-long celebration of fabric, thread, sewing and finishing!

YES, you heard it right – the entire experience is ABSOLUTELY FREE!

What’s in store for you during the Pick a Quilt week?

Interactive Activities

Tips & Tricks to Simplify & Clarify

Live Q&A Sessions

Fun for All Skill Levels ...

In the Netherlands we have saying about the month of April being fickle: ‘April doet wat hij wil’. Strong winds yesterday, pouring rain today and forecasts indicate that we will get a taste of Summer this weekend.

To celebrate sunny weather on the horizon, let’s fill our fabrics with flowers! This weeks design ‘Finnish Flowers’ is inspired by fabric designs by the Finnish company Marimekko. Their bright and bold designs always brings a smile to my face. I have two pieces of Marimekko fabric in my collection that I have found while thrifting.

The Finnish Flower free motion design ...

First, thank you to my readers that recommended the Bloc Loc rulers. It was the nudge I needed to finally orders some. They are fantastic! I finished trimming my 64 half square triangles and it’s so much better with them. What a nifty notion! The big news of today is that my cow Cookie calved… Continue reading A Little Quilting, A Little Calf

When I was thinking of what kind of quilt block would be a fun for a beach theme, I thought of Sun

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There is still time to join me for a One Block Wonder Retreat at the fabulous Strong House Inn, Vergennes, Vermont! Not only will you be papmered by the great food and staff at the Strong House Inn, but you will learn:

• Identifying and cutting your repeats.
• Aligning repeats including difficult fabrics.
• Choosing a ruler and understanding the difference between pointed & blunt tip rulers.
• Deciding what strip widths to cut.
• And of course, cutting all your equilateral triangles.
• Designing with the hexagons.
• Integrating stars & cubes. What you can make with thr Star 60 Tool.
• Designing around a panel.

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I went to the ranch to check on Cookie, my very pregnant cow, due any time to have her first calf. She was happily grazing with the rest of the herd, which belongs to my cousin. While there, I got some pics of this finished Strip Mirage quilt I made for my great-nephew. The pattern… Continue reading Finished Strip Mirage Quilt

I’m posting again my pattern of a “Girl Sewing” because it’s so interesting to see what people do to make this pattern their own.  Thank you to MJH; WS; TA; MO; and SS for sending photos. Click the $5 pattern download link to be taken to Paypal where you can use any charge card. You’ll then get redirected for a download that you should save to your hard drive, or pen drive at the same time you are making the purchase. Any questions drop me, Peggy Aare, an email at PaperPiecingHeartland@gmail.com

This pattern is based ...