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Quilt in Progress – Inner Beauty #2 in Garden Therapy fabrics
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Quilt in Progress – Inner Beauty #2 in Garden Therapy fabrics

Inner Beauty Quilt #2 in Garden Therapy fabrics There’s a video below chatting about my completion of my 2nd Inner Beauty quilt top. I’m sharing my plans and working through choosing backing and binding. You can order the pattern here. Video Links

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Inner Beauty Quilt Pattern Release
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Inner Beauty Quilt Pattern Release

It’s Inner Beauty quilt pattern release day! Yyayayayaya! I am so excited to get this one out to you. It has been such a labor of love and I have tweaked the pattern again and again until I was completely satisfied with it. So much to get to! Let’s dive in! Inner Beauty Quilt Inner…

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Inner Beauty Quilt – Wholehearted – Quilt Reveal
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Inner Beauty Quilt – Wholehearted – Quilt Reveal

Inner Beauty in Wholehearted Fabrics I am so excited to finally have this quilt done. It languished for several weeks before I quilted it. It’s so big that I needed to get in the right headspace to complete it. LOL. Anyway, I DID IT! See my in progress post here. Get the Inner Beauty quilt…

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Inner Beauty Quilt – Wholehearted – In Progress
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Inner Beauty Quilt – Wholehearted – In Progress

Inner Beauty Quilt I am very excited to finally be showing you Inner Beauty. She is my next quilt pattern. Should be releasing this coming October. And she…is….BIGGGGGG! Like biggest quilt pattern I’ve ever written! A whopping 90″x90″! You can order the pattern here. About Inner Beauty Quilt I made this one using almost all…

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A Dresden Quilt #12 – Cinnamon Tea – Quilt Reveal
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A Dresden Quilt #12 – Cinnamon Tea – Quilt Reveal

A Dresden Quilt in Cinnamon Tea Fabrics Well, hello, quilty peeps! I finally finished this lovely. Another A Dresden quilt! What a joy to get to make my most made quilt in my very own fabrics. Let’s chat… See all of past A Dresden quilts here. Get the A Dresden quilt pattern here. About this…

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Free Motion Quilting – The A Dresden Quilt
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Free Motion Quilting – The A Dresden Quilt

The machine I’m using is a Bernina q20 sit-down longarm machine. This machine works just like a domestic machine except there is much more space available and it’s easier to maneuver larger projects. If you’ve never free motion quilted before, brush up on some basic skills first with this video. If you are looking for…

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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
All done. Here’s a tiny close up tour of the quilt All done. Here’s a tiny close up tour of the quilting, just because. #freemotionquilting
I got a little extra on the quilting. Maybe too mu I got a little extra on the quilting. Maybe too much, maybe perfect? Negative space makes me lose my mind a little every time. #freemotionquilting
The Maple Leaf Disco fabric line felt especially r The Maple Leaf Disco fabric line felt especially right for a maple leaf block. Amiright? Made these in class yesterday for the Little Maple Mini. Geez, I'm in love... 🥰
Say hello to the Hand Stitch Companion Pillow. Thi Say hello to the Hand Stitch Companion Pillow. This brand new PDF pattern is perfect for anyone who loves simple hand quilting with a lot of texture. Use a geometric print and stitch right over it or grab a stencil and make your own design. Finished with a neat little zipper back and ready for cozy sewing time.
The Little Maple Mini Quilt is the first piece in The Little Maple Mini Quilt is the first piece in my new wall of mini quilts. We’re beginning the project in Quilty Club and this quilt will be the starting point for the whole wall. quiltyclub.com
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