I used to avoid curves in any quilting project because I could never get them to line up correctly, especially the little ones. Things would always be screwy. I even tried buying facy feet, but nothing worked. I decided I was doomed to only sewing straight lines for the rest of my lift, until one […]
Improve your Feathers
For the most part, I am a self taught quilter. I got very basic instructions 15 years ago and just went for it. I immediately fell in love with the process, but have learned much along the way. I now look back on some of my earlier quilts and am so delighted at how far […]
Our Favorite Quilting Tools
There are about a million different things out there you can buy to make your quilting life easier and it’s hard to know which ones to get. Let’s be honest, we really all want them all, right? Since we don’t have the budget or house space for that, Missy and I are going to share […]
Stacked Quilting Plan
One of my favorite parts of the quilting process is to sit down with a top after it’s all done and figure out my quilting plan. This is my opportunity to decide what I want to accent and make a focal point and how to best elevate the entire design. I’ve found that the basic […]
Have you stretched your creative muscles recently?
A few weeks ago while teaching a ruler quilting class, I mentioned to one of my students that on my longarm, I have to hold my ruler with my left hand and guide the machine with my right. My brain just doesn’t work to guide the machine with just my left, even along the edge […]
Scrap Flower Quilt – A Foundation Paper Piecing Tutorial
If you are anything like us, you are drowning in little scraps of fabric. You hate to throw them away, but what are you going to do with all of them? We now have a solution for you. We designed this little flower as the perfect scrap buster. It uses up all your little scraps […]
More Free Motion Quilting Questions Answered
Did you start FMQ on a regular machine? Is that the best way to try out FMQ? Much !! I did. I actually learned Free Motion Quilting right after I made my first quilt. The very first one I did, I hand quilted, but then knew I wouldn’t get far if I kept doing that […]
FMQ Questions? Ask me!
What is the most common thread you use when there are a lot of color changes in the top? And bobbin?I am not one to constantly change thread color (unless that is what a client requests). I’ve found, that for the most part, the quilting blends well enough that I can use the same color. […]
What?!?! A blog post? Also, a little secret I need to admit…..
Yes, it’s official, we are starting a blog. We’ve been talking about it for a while, and decided it’s finally time to set it up and have one place we can share all the amazing quilty goodness we have rolling around inside of our heads. So, what can you expect? We’ll write about tutorials, tips, […]