now accepting Quilting Orders!
Hello, friends. I have very good news! This week we moved into a new apartment in The Netherlands, where we will be living until purchasing our home. My family crew lugged our Gammill longarm machine piece by piece up the apartment stair shaft and into our new living room. It was exhausting! But today is the reward - Brandon is setting up the machine.
I can’t tell you how happy I am to unwrap the plastic we wound around all the metal pieces, to guard against rust on her ocean journey. Everything looks perfect! This weekend I’ll be testing the machine on my own quilt tops. I expect to begin work on customer quilts just as soon as they arrive.
hooray - I’m officially open for business!
Now accepting quilting orders for customers located anywhere in the European Union.
Stop in for a tour of my new sewing studio away from home. It took me weeks to get set up, but now it does feel welcoming enough. Still, I never use the fluorescent lights as they spoil my mood and the colors. Three cheers for the design wall and pretty wall quilts!
Finally I am entering the moving homestretch. I have one week left of “normal life” after which it is time to put everything in boxes, no exceptions. Well, you can imagine then how good it feels that I am totally caught up on quilting customer quilts. Plus, that means that I have some pretty things to share with you!
I always feel so grateful to collaborate in the quilting stage on someone’s special project. Each quilt that comes through my studio reminds me again of all the possibilities that quilt-making offers. There is so much yet to discover. Shall we have a little quilt show?
Congratulations to @InfectiousStitches whose design Nine Patch Meets Lonestar was randomly selected as our latest 30 Days of Quilt Designs winner. Come see her winning design and a few others! A BIG thanks to Purple Stitches, who gifted this prize. Thank you for encouraging our creativity!
Greetings from America! I am a long ways from my quilting studio, but we can take a virtual visit there together. I have some fun images to share with you of projects I finished for clients before packing my bags. Each of these fresh, modern quilts was a pleasure to get to see in person and to see transformed via quilting into something even more special. Enjoy!
Look at that - it’s the 50th edition of my longarm quilting service series! Since I write these updates less than once per month, that means I have been at this longarm quilting gig for more than 50 months. I am actually surprised to realize that it’s been so long! The year do fly by.
Interested? Here are some helpful links:
Please let me know if you have any questions or any concerns. I can’t wait to get back to work helping to finish your special projects with a stunning, durable texture.
xo,
Rachel Hauser
So! You guys have been really keeping me busy with the longarm quilting service! Customers keep bringing me three or four quilts at a time, which is such a great compliment and very efficient of course. Today I share a new batch of digital quilting designs and info about my new batting brand of choice.
Recently a Dutch woman journeyed to my home to bring a precious project years in the making - an Art Deco quilt. Well friends, I hadn’t seen anything like this before. Really I don’t think I could ever have imagined this quilt in my wildest dreams.
Feeling stumped about quilting is especially common when it comes to applique quilts. Should you quilt over the applique or around the applique? What will look best? Here are three approaches to quilting applique quilts.
Today it is quiet in the quilting studio. My longarm machine is sitting idle without any projects to quilt this week. I’m not going to let myself worry yet. Instead, I’ll share some of the amazing quilts I’ve been blessed to quilt so far this year.
Do I have a treat for you! Especially if you’re making the Penny Sampler, you’re going to love, love, love this. Are you sitting? I think you should sit. One member of the Penny Sampler Pattern Club was inspired to make a garden-version.
European quilting trends, effective quilting border treatments + a new border quilting pattern catalog.
Are you curious about longarm quilting? If you’ve been on the fence about sending a quilt out to be quilted, now’s the time to make the leap. It’s a great feeling to start the New Year with a finish! I have a coupon for you and quilts to share too.
Would you like to stop by for a peak in my quilting studio? I never get tired of opening shipping boxes to find freshly pieced quilt tops and backings ready to become cozy quilts. It would be a waste not to share this beauty with the world.
As we come to the end of September, I’m marking my first month in the quilting studio of our new, permanent home. It feels so wonderful to settle in and really arrive. My long arm quilting machine has taken a long journey.
I’ve had the pleasure of quilting several beautiful projects lately. I’m excited today to share some with you! It’s always a treat to see other artist’s work in person and then an honor to add my own touch to their quilts. Enjoy!
+ an accidental Ikea flag