It was just a matter of time before I made Elora another Geranium dress. This time I started with one of my favorite Rifle Paper Fabrics prints: Tapestry Rose from the Les Fleurs collection.
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Your batting choice will make a huge impact on how your quilts feels and washes. Batting can make a quilt feel puffy or flat, heavy or light, warm or just barely-there.
What kind of quilt do you want?
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My first love, my truest passion is COLOR. It's what drives my making and cultivates deep satisfaction. This year as I update my patterns, I'm re-releasing them as part of a new series: Color Mentor.
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Announcing prizes for our final month of the Big Bed Quilt-Along! Superior Threads will be sending $51 gift certificates to FIVE lucky participants. However will you choose your threads?
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Today I so much to share, and it's all wrapped up in this newest iteration of Wheel Quilt. Pastel Color Wheel Quilt is a celebration of spring and of color and of journeys worth taking.
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At a recent quilting conference, I took a class on creating custom quilt designs that our longarm sewing machine can stitch computer-guided. The process was way easier than I expected...
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We had a busy March in the quilting studio. Here are a few of the fantastic quilts that came through... Mendocino by Ashley of Film in the Fridge, A Little Girl's Quilt, Denyse Schmidt Stars by Kristy Daum
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Are you ready to learn how to sew curves? Join us for Curves Class, a 5-week course, taking you from the very beginning all the way through precise and improv curves. Register now!
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Hello, Big Bed Quilt-Alongers! Here we are at the end of March. It's time for another check in to celebrate reaching our monthly goals in this long term project.
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You know what I love? A day that includes a chunk of "in the flow" sewing. You know what I love even more? A day that I get to start a new project. Lucky me, that day was yesterday!
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How do you prepare for a 6 hour road trip? With English Paper Piecing, of course! I brought along four different threads. I could have used just one, but I was too rushed to decide. That gave me a chance...
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The stars have aligned and you have a Saturday all to yourself. To sew! Forget the Bahamas, this is your time to relax, indulge and make! Here's how to make the most of staycation sewing.
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Guess what I made? It's a quick, little romper for Rora in breezy, beautiful voile! I picked up this Cloud 9 organic voile from Bobbie Lou's Fabric Factory. The colors and pattern are so fun...
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Curves Class is probably my most popular class. Each time students emerge brimming with excitement for the new possibilities open to them after mastering this skill. This April Curves Class is back! Won't you join us?
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What works best as backing for your big bed quilt? Here are some important considerations: substrate, fabric width, color and print.
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I got excited about the idea of making ghost plusses. In the solid blue portion of the quilt, there is a smattering of plus-shaped portions left un-quilted and outlined to emphasize the plus shape. Love them!
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Did you set a goal for your Big Bed progress this March? I hope so. No matter how February went for you, March is a fresh start. But the month is running along, so let's get to work!
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How about something to cheer up your Monday? It's drippy and overcast here, same as yesterday, but the little skirt I made this weekend will bring us some sunshine!
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