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Checkie Quilt Along – Week 3 – Batch Sewing Demo
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Checkie Quilt Along – Week 3 – Batch Sewing Demo

Welcome to Week 3 of the Checkie quilt along. We have a Checkie batch sewing demo for you today! If you are looking for all the tips and tricks or details on prizes, you’ll need to be signed up for this quilt along here. Checkie Quilt Week 3 is for: Checkie Quilt Along Week 3…

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2024 WIPs (works in progress) Show n Tell
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2024 WIPs (works in progress) Show n Tell

I have a video for you today, showing my WIPs Show n Tell (works in progress) as of 2024. I’ll be showing you how I organize them, but more importantly how many I have. About WIPs: 2024 WIPs show n tell Video Links

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Checkie Quilt Along – Week 2 – Block Demo
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Checkie Quilt Along – Week 2 – Block Demo

Welcome to Week 2 of the Checkie quilt along. We have a Checkie block demo for you today! If you are looking for all the tips and tricks or details on prizes, you’ll need to be signed up for this quilt along here. Checkie Quilt Week 2 is for: Checkie Quilt Along Week 2 Video…

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Dreamland Quilt in Wholehearted fabrics – Quilt Reveal
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Dreamland Quilt in Wholehearted fabrics – Quilt Reveal

I’m showing you my latest Dreamland Wholehearted quilt reveal. If you remember, this is the quilt that I was very unhappy with my background fabric choice. I’ve tried to make up for this little “mistake” with some fancy schmancy free motion quilting. Not sure if it makes up for it, but I do love this…

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Monday Is All About Fabric #299 – Ethereal fabric collection is here
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Monday Is All About Fabric #299 – Ethereal fabric collection is here

Welcome back to fabric Monday! The Ethereal fabric collection just arrived to the shop!! I’m currently using these in the Checkie quilt along and LOVING them! Get signed up here, if you are not on my Meander + Make email list. You’ll receive notifications of new fabrics and bundles when you do. See all Fabric…

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Checkie Quilt Along – Week 1
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Checkie Quilt Along – Week 1

The Checkie quilt along begins today! If you are looking for all the tips and tricks or details on prizes, you’ll need to be signed up for this quilt along here. Checkie Quilt Week 1 is for: Checkie Quilt Along Week 1 Video Links

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Some pics from Chapter 2 of Quilt As Desired. I ca Some pics from Chapter 2 of Quilt As Desired. I cannot wait to turn all of these sample blocks into a quilt!!
🧵 Happening Now in Quilt as Desired - quiltyclub.c 🧵 Happening Now in Quilt as Desired - quiltyclub.com 📍 Chapter 2 is liveWe are practicing foundational free motion movement, one design at a time.Meander, loops, pebbles, and swirls are our focus this week.✂ Keep showing up to your machineFMQ grows through repetition. Even ten minutes of practice helps build confidence and flow.🎥 Watch lessons anytimeIf you are in Quilty Club, Chapter 2 is waiting in your dashboard.Come stitch with me. We are practicing all four designs together.💬 Share your progressPost photos inside the community or reply to your lesson with questions.We learn better when we stitch together.
Happy almost Thanksgiving! The mini quilt wall goa Happy almost Thanksgiving! The mini quilt wall goal has begun... https://meanderandmake.com/little-maple-mini-quilt-pattern-by-melanie-traylor-pdf-download/
So everybody I buy gifts for might be getting a se So everybody I buy gifts for might be getting a set of these from me for Christmas..😬
I turned it into a pillow! 🥰 I turned it into a pillow! 🥰
Something new is coming! Quilt As Desired is my up Something new is coming!Quilt As Desired is my upcoming free motion quilting class, and we’ll be stitching 25 FMQ designs together… then turning all of our practice blocks into the coziest rag quilt.This class will be included inside QuiltyClub.com , or you can grab it on its own.I cannot wait to quilt this one with you. https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/quilt-as-desired
I’ve been free motion quilting since 2018 and it h I’ve been free motion quilting since 2018 and it has been the slowest part of the quilting journey for me. It did not come naturally. I practiced through a lot of very ugly stitching before anything started to look the way I imagined it could.I keep seeing comments like “I could never do this,” and I just want to say… I used to think that too. I was you. It really does change if you keep going, even when it feels like it’s not working.Thank you for all the love on this piece this week. It feels like I finally hit a little milestone with my quilting, and that’s a pretty special feeling. ❤️
Spent about two hours yesterday on this. One of my Spent about two hours yesterday on this. One of my many goals is a whole cloth quilt with a lot of doodle quilting. Maybe next year will be my year.
1 minute of the FMQ process at 1.5x speed. I start 1 minute of the FMQ process at 1.5x speed. I started at the bottom making a curving line to the top and back down again. Added a variety of plumes on one side, back down, then the other side. See the whole video at regular speed in Quilty Club (Chapter 5, Cozy Fall Stitches). quiltyclub.com
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