With Thanksgiving around the corner (my favorite American holiday), I’m saying “thanks” with free signed copies of my book, The Quilter’s Field Guide to Color, for my longarm clients. Plus a chance to win a FREE quilting service!
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Tips for a Softer Quilt! As a longarm quilter, I witness the transformation of many quilt tops into finished quilts. Would you like to know the secrets to creating a soft, cuddly quilt? These are the most important factors.
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Now comes my favorite part - seeing them all together! I’ve put my already-sewn blocks on the design wall and am filling in the blank spaces to balance out colors. We’re almost there!
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What an honor - I’m featured in “Meet the Maker”! Today is new issue day for Make Modern, a beautiful magazine written by quilters for quilters and delivered digitally to creatives across the world.
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Have you ever sewn a bunting? It’s a whimsical, yet simple project and packs a big punch. For Aria’s 16th birthday I made this swallowtail bunting. Stop in for fun fabrics, vibrant colors and a happy surprise!
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Here is the passel of geese that I finished pressing this morning. I’m loving the fun, scrappy colors! Today for the sew-along I’m showing you how to sew Wayward Geese using contrast background fabric.
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Did you receive the November issue of the Penny Sampler club? It was released yesterday! My Dutch-inspired Penny Sampler has three teacup blocks. It’s one of my favorite and one of my first paper piecing patterns.
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How are your flying geese coming along friends? Today I’ve decided to sew same-geese into pairs. As pairs they’ll be faster to count and easier to put up on the design wall when the time comes. Here are some joining tips!
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Weaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of September + October, imagining a mystery quilt-along, enjoying simple fall gatherings and some good news about our house search!
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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.
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Many of you have already started sewing, judging by the action at #GeeseyGeeseySAL. There are lots of questions about flying geese accuracy. I hope that today’s sewing tips will help you feel more satisfied with your outcomes.
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The Elona dress is finished! We have some deliciously autumnal photos to share with you, but first my report on the making.
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Do you remember the swatch service offered by The Confident Stitch? Last month I received the autumn mailing and began thinking about a new dress for Elora. Now I’ve received the fabric and started cutting!
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Hello friends. Are you making a Geesey quilt with Indie Folk fabrics from the Sojo Fabric quilt kit? This post is for you.
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Time to cut, cut, cut! Today I’m sharing cutting tips to avoid making triangle those pesky triangle scraps. I also have tips especially for those cutting from scraps and a downloadable cut sheet for Indie Folk Geesey quilts!
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Do you have a holiday quilt in the works? I recently had the pleasure of quilting the most perfectly classic Christmas quilt all done up in solids. I really fell in love and went on a search from some fresh new holiday quilting pattern ideas.
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For my next Geesey quilt, I’m taking a deep dive into my scrap drawers. I love me a good scrap quilt and can’t wait to see how Geesey turns out à la scrap!
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What style Geesey quilt you will make? We’re exploring 5 styles in today’s post. It’s not too late to join as we will really start sewing the last week of October. These first two weeks of the sew-along are a time of preparation!
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