Today’s Quilting Studio update is all about a special custom quilting project. I recently longarm quilted a large bed quilt for one of my most prolific quilting clients, Primrose Bohne. Would you like to see how the quilting plan developed and quilted out?
Read MoreFor starters I’ve decided on an ombre colored background for my sew-along Teeter Totter quilt, as with this original version. However, I will use fewer colors and colors more alike in value so that the background is subtly ombre. Hmmm, what if I challenge myself to use a color that I often neglect for the background hue?
Read MoreWill you be sewing along in May? Or are you’re still considering it? Help spread the word about the Teeter Totter quilt-along, and you might win the supplies you need to make a bright and sunny Teeter Totter quilt like mine!
Read MoreLet loose and have some fun with this quick and easy, tossed triangles quilt. Teeter Totter is a dream-come-true for your triangle scraps, but sews just as well from your stash. Use those precuts! Our sew-along is 5 weeks, starting May 1. Supplies - Precuts - Prizes - Schedule - it’s all here in the master post. I hope you’ll sew along with us!
Read MoreHere comes some happy patchwork fun! It’s pattern release day for Teeter Totter! I adore quilts with sharp, exciting angles. The energy of triangles can be cathartic or playful in a way that squares just are not. But I have to admit that sewing with angles usually takes some finesse. Teeter Totter is special that way. This triangle quilt is ideal for beginners! It’s scrap-friendly and precut-friendly too.
Read MoreFriends, I am so pleased with how this turned out! My latest Teeter Totter quilt exudes a happy energy with a confetti of bright colors on bright, solid white. It looks positively resplendent in Keukenhof’s lush, colorful gardens! This was fun to sew and to photograph.
Read MoreWhile strolling through Keukenhof, I thought of the master gardeners who compose these resplendent flower beds. Their artistry inspires me, particularly when it comes to color, and I managed to capture some favorite palettes. Perhaps I will lean into of one these color stories when choosing fabrics for our Teeter Totter sew-along this May?
Read MoreThe hardest part by far is choosing one word for each friend. It would be so much easier to express my appreciation in a torrent of words. But, they are such a pleasure to give! I am positive that I enjoyed reflecting on my friends’ good qualities and giving these little bookmarks as much as my friends enjoyed receiving them.
Read MoreColor, pattern, shape - it surrounds us. Beauty is strong and strength is beautiful. Take time to appreciate the beauty in your life today. I’m enjoying the beautiful process of sewing my second Teeter Totter quilt.
Read MoreWeaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of March, experimenting with Luna Batting, celebrating @lopolokko’s brilliant Pas de Deux quilt, anticipating book club and finding the strength to listen to my heart.
Read MoreThese bright, happy fabrics are my next quilt. It’s going to be quick, easy and perfectly pointy. Can you already guess what I’ll be sewing? Teeter Totter is gearing up for an April 17 pattern release and May sew-along!
Read MoreYesterday, when it was quite overcast, little miss braved the cool weather for a lightning fast photo op. We dashed out our front door, across to the road to the daffodils and were back inside in less than five minutes! Aren’t you glad she was a good sport?
Read MoreWhen mild weather and spring flowers first shyly showed their faces, Elora and I caught spring fever. One afternoon she nosed through my fabric stash for favorite fabrics that might become new dresses, shirts or skirts. I got right in the spirit, dreaming along with her. Today I started on that strawberry dress.
Read MoreI relish my turn to lead the monthly charity quilt for Comfort Circle of do. Good Stitches! Of course I enjoy getting to choose the patchwork and the colors; but, I also love how in the weeks that follow I receive so much happy mail. Small, squishy packages of delightful quilt blocks drop through my mail slot and brighten my day.
Read MoreThis sweet crib quilt is finished at last, as a double-sided quilt. The elegant Nineteen Thirty Medallion is the star of one side and classic 2” finished patchwork offers a cozy alternative on the other.
For a Limited Time! The Nineteen Thirty Medallion is now available as a pattern excerpt thanks to the special request of one of my most faithful readers.
Read MoreCome see what Elora made! It’s her first sewing project. Plus, my tips for how to ease a first machine sewing experience with a cautious child, like my sweet 6-year-old.
Read MoreNext up: the Rectangular 18-Patch block. It’s a scrap-friendly quilt block that sews up fast via strip-piecing and sub-cutting. Here are my sewing tips and a batch of blocks for destined for charity as a do. Good Stitches collaborative quilt.
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