Hey, Lovelies! Today I wanted to talk about my personal favorite part of making a quilt: choosing fabric. Yah! Are you excited? Fabric combinations are subjective. I may just be enamored with something that you don't find pleasing to the eye whatsoever or vice versa. I may hate a particular color combination, and you may love it. To each her own. BUT have you ever made a quilt and you ...
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How to piece like a rockstar – Part 4 – How to make better flying geese
This post has been edited to add in this video on 10/12/17. I want to start this off my saying that you are making a quilt. The little things really don’t matter. Like if your points line up, or if your edges are wobbly, or if you have a pinch or two in your quilting. These little imperfections are okay. You are making something with your hands. The whole idea is to enjoy making the quilt, ...
A Quilt Maker’s Terminology
When I first started quilting back in 2008, there was so much to learn. I'm still learning, constantly. There is a never ending well of information to grasp in the quilting world. Learning what all the words in a pattern or blog post mean felt like it would take forever. I'd read the quilt pattern, then have to go and look up what that word meant. So I thought today I would post words that ...
Quilt Finish – Star Dance Quilt
I've been working on this quilt all of last week. Not the one you see above my sewing machine, that's a WIP, but the one you see at my machine. It's a simple block, but I had to make 81 of them for a king size quilt, so it took me a bit. Here are a few of my favorite blocks: This one is for a custom order I have and the colors requested were pink, green, turquoise and navy. I am digging the ...