With the release of my Patchwork + Make class this week I'm on the topic of the beginner quilter. I get quite a bit of questions in my inbox from beginners and it's almost always the same ones, so I thought I'd take a moment today and just answer a few basic questions and then move on to the tips I've been collecting. I won't be teaching anything today, just pointing you into the ...
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A Scrappy Low Volume Background Guide
This is a topic that I get asked about on a weekly basis and I thought it was high time I posted about it. I've often told you about my love of low volume fabrics, I told you what low volume fabric was in this post, but I've never detailed how I choose the fabrics I use in the background, and with the Bad Girl quilt along coming up, it felt like a good time to do ...
The Great Big Scrap Discussion – Part 3 – Tips + Patterns
This post is part of a 4-series of posts dedicated to the topic of fabric scraps. Find all the posts in this series here. Find all my scrappy quilts here. What is a scrappy quilt? Let's settle that first! A scrappy quilt is any quilt that you use bits of fabric in and doesn't have a set number of ...
The Great BIG Scrap Discussion – Part 2- Cutting + Storing
This post is part of a 4-series of posts dedicated to the topic of fabric scraps. Find all the posts in this series here. Find all my scrappy quilts here. We are at the second part of this series and the focus today is cutting and storing. I feel like the way you handle your scraps is very personal. You will be the one using them after ...
The Great BIG Scrap Discussion – Part 1- What is a fabric scrap?
This post is part of a 4-series of posts dedicated to the topic of fabric scraps. Find all the posts in this series here. Find all my scrappy quilts here. I've been working on this post for weeks, and I'm so very glad to get this out to you today! It's my favorite topic! Many of you who have been around here for a while know that I am completely ...
A Quilter’s Fabric Stash – Sorting and Storage
For some time now I have been researching fabric stashes. Any why not? Fabric seems to be one of the most important thoughts in making a quilt. Without fabric there is no quilt. Fabric excites us, inspires us and if you are like me it can literally make you drool. I am not alone when I say that I am thoroughly obsessed with fabric. There's an army of quilters that feel the same ...
Loving + Hating a Quilt – Marcelle Medallion – Quilt Reveal
Today I'm talking about my Marcelle Medallion quilt that I just finally pulled from the dryer. I'm also talking about the many different stages a quilter goes through as she makes a quilt. You know the one's: I love this quilt and I hate this quilt, sometimes I don't want to finish this quilt and all the rest of them. SO many stages! They are all part of the process. And sometimes, at the ...
Quilters Using Instagram
The Carolina Mingle Quilt (click for pattern)I've been wanting to write this post for some time. I intend on showing you how to use Instagram and Pinterest (a later post) as a quilter. A lot of you don't need this info, but you might be surprised by how many questions I get about it from the people who do. The majority of my own readers aren't even on Instagram which kinda surprised me. I've ...
Why I LOVE embroidery – Signature fabrics Embroidery Pillow – ( sewing finish )
Last week I completed my most favorite pillow ever. I'm calling it my favorite because of the most perfect to me fabrics I used and the most time consuming embroidery work I've ever done. I carried the embroidery part around for a month stabbing at it with my needle over and over and over again. Today I wanted to share why I so love embroidery and what it means to ...
Little Miss Sawtooth Quilt Top #3 + Your Loved One’s Clothing – (quilt reveal)
I am over the moon about my latest quilt finish. As you may or may not know, I also make a lot of custom quilts for other people as a means for my income. Most of these quilts are memory quilts. Just in case you are unaware, a memory quilt is a quilt made with the clothing of a loved one. This clothing may be of someone happy and living and just a reminder of a time in their life such as ...