It’s been a busy week. First off, it’s the last week of classes at the UoR, so although I’m busy catching up on grading, my students are doing presentations during class time, so that part is somewhat more relaxed for me! Hubby played a really difficult concerto with the wind ensemble last night Here he… Continue Reading
I love teaching – students come up with the best ideas! In my last Free Motion Quilting class, a couple of my students commented that they needed more time between lessons to absorb what they had learned and put the skills into practice. They both had had a really busy week and not been able… Continue Reading
Waaay back LAST January, I started making a pair of quilts for Liam and Logan. Logan’s quilt is made from a rainbow of colors, with centers of many hues of green, Liam’s would be the reverse. Here are all the blocks: I got Logan’s totally done: And then had to put Liam’s blocks aside for… Continue Reading
I’m teaching an Advanced Free Motion Quilting class at the Redlands Sewing Center right now, so I wanted to stitch out a lot more pages for my FMQ Sampler Book (well there are several now, because the book rings I use can only be 2″ big, any bigger and they are too thick to go through… Continue Reading
I’m going to start teaching an advancd free motion class at the Redlands Sewing Center, so I’ve been working on a sampler quilt to use in the class, where I use white thread against bright colors, allowing the patterns to POP! I quickly pulled some fun bright colors and came up with a layout. I… Continue Reading
I’m happy to be able to share with you a video tutorial on my method of quilt as you go, that uses no sashing! Often times “quilt as you go” is done by quilting individual sections and then joining all the quilted sections together with sashing strips. Marianne of “The Quilting Edge” and Melody Johnson… Continue Reading
I’ve been having a great time teaching free motion quilting at the Redlands Sewing Center! I’m teaching several classes for them, each class is 3 sessions a week apart. I just taught the 2nd session of the first class last night, and we’re having a blast! If you’re interested in taking one of the upcoming… Continue Reading
Edit: I’ve filmed an extensive video tutorial on this process, find it here on my blog. While posting pix of my quilt in progress on Instagram , I had a question about my quilt as you go method. So while continuing with the quilting, I shot some quick pix with my phone and Instagrammed a quick… Continue Reading