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A Dresden Quilt in Hope & Feathers Fabrics – Quilt Reveal
A Dresden Quilt | Quilt Reveal

A Dresden Quilt in Hope & Feathers Fabrics – Quilt Reveal

I’m showing you my recent A Dresden in Hope & Feathers fabrics quilt reveal. We completed a quilt along earlier…

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

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!…

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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…

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A Dresden Quilt #12 – Cinnamon Tea – In Progress
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A Dresden Quilt #12 – Cinnamon Tea – In Progress

A Dresden Quilt This is my 12th A Dresden quilt! Mind blown! But someone wanted one, so I went for…

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A Dresden Quilt #11 – Purples and Blues – In Progress
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A Dresden Quilt #11 – Purples and Blues – In Progress

A Dresden Quilt I’ve been working on another A Dresden quilt for probably a month now. This one is another…

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A Dresden Quilt #10 – Mostly Oranges + Pinks – Quilt Reveal
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A Dresden Quilt #10 – Mostly Oranges + Pinks – Quilt Reveal

A Dresden Quilt in mostly oranges and pinks, plus a bit of turquoise and yellow fabrics Well, I finished her…

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Tips for Choosing Fabrics for the A Dresden Plate Quilt
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Tips for Choosing Fabrics for the A Dresden Plate Quilt

A Dresden Quilt A Dresden Quilt is one of my most popular patterns. I’ve made it 9 times! And am…

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A Dresden Quilt #9 – Jewel Tones – Quilt Reveal
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A Dresden Quilt #9 – Jewel Tones – Quilt Reveal

  A Dresden Quilt in Jewel Tones Forgive me in advance for the really bad pictures today. This quilt was…

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A Dresden Quilt #9 – Jewel Tones – In Progress
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A Dresden Quilt #9 – Jewel Tones – In Progress

  A Dresden Quilt After a month of effort, I finally have a flimsy for my A Dresden Quilt. My…

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A Dresden Quilt – Free PDF Quilt Pattern
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A Dresden Quilt – Free PDF Quilt Pattern

This has been a long time coming. I have had this free tutorial on my blog for quite awhile, but…

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Quilt Reveal – A Dresden Quilt #8 – Pink + Peach Combo
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Quilt Reveal – A Dresden Quilt #8 – Pink + Peach Combo

‘   Va va voom…. well, that’s how this quilt makes me feel. Like she’s a whole lotta woman and…

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Work in Progress – A Dresden Quilt #8 – Pink + Peach Combo
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Work in Progress – A Dresden Quilt #8 – Pink + Peach Combo

  This one is a commission quilt and let me tell you it is taking FOREVER. I don’t make many…

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Some pics of my latest FMQ project. Very very new- Some pics of my latest FMQ project. Very very new-to-me designs. Loving the texture, but missing the feathers. Last little bit of this class will be available in the next hour or so. 
Pattern: Lulu Louise
Fabric: Happy Home
Sorry about all the bumping of the camera 🙄 It’s a Sorry about all the bumping of the camera 🙄 It’s always a battle. 

This video comes from the Swayful class where we learned how to free motion these swirl flowers. Imma big fan of them. ☺️ Full lessons in the Swayful Quilty class at quiltyclass.com
Another design on this same quilt. This one’s a la Another design on this same quilt. This one’s a larger swirl flower with gloppy petals. Full look coming soon. 

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Omigosh this is my new favorite FMQ design. 👏👏 I’m Omigosh this is my new favorite FMQ design. 👏👏 I’m calling it a feathered leaf 🙃
This is maybe the third or fourth time I’ve quilte This is maybe the third or fourth time I’ve quilted scallops. Never stacked like this though. It was a whole different animal to stitching them in a border. 🦁 Anyway this is one of the lessons in chapter 6 of Lulu. Join us at Quiltyclass.com
Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it e Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it ends up with a geometric vine look.
Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric i Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric is: Pretty Please. Come learn how to quilt this quilt at quiltyclass.com
A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in th A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in the foreground and s-curves in the background.
We’ve finished quilting our first quilt in the Lul We’ve finished quilting our first quilt in the Lulu Louise quilt. 👏 The first lesson details the plan. Then we move onto practicing a feather on a scrap sandwich. Next we quilt feathers in a V from the inside to the outsides of the quilt. And then finally we quilt the s-curves in the background. 

Next chapter we will FMQ a different top in a whole other way. 🩷 quiltyclass.com
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