Quilted Whimsy Enabled Here!
(This information also appeared as an article for Make Modern Magazine, Issue 24.) You spend countless hours choosing fabric, fussy cutting, matching points, ripping out missed seams and squaring up the most amazing quilt top ever. You admire it. You make your family run into the sewing room to see every stage. You photograph it. …
The size options for the Wyoming Wind pattern are endless. I wanted to offer my folks a way to organize their cutting and piecing process depending on the size and colors they choose. Attached is a free resource that includes a coloring page and labels for each of the blocks. Just click it. Download it. …
I drive a LOT. On average for my “day” job I am on the road between 3,000 and 3,600 miles a month. I drive a LOT…did I say that already? Driving is that time of the week when I let my mind wander to all the pretty things I can design and make. I come …
As a new, rather young, quilter stepping into the quilting world, I did not set out to “sell patterns” or “teach classes.” I set out to create and feel sane in this hectic and often negative world. I set out to fill a void in my life after loosing pottery, running and lifting. I felt …
It’s time!!! Week 4 is QUILTING!! My favorite part! So, just a word of my current reality, I have been on the road for work and to teach the Painted Cow since before I posted the Sew Along Week 3 blog post. (One full week!!) That means, I didn’t have access to my studio for …
Follow my blog with Bloglovin (Juanita, BB, Brandee, Janet, Wendy, Erin, Jean, Debbie, Vicki, Terri and Ann! These ladies will always have a place in my quilty heart! Thanks for an amazing weekend!} I just returned from the Quilters of SC Pieceable Retreat where I taught the Painted Cow class for the first time. …
First off, you are a rock star for making it to week three! Way to not quit! Woot!! So far you should have little strips of three blocks each, all in random color combinations. You should have a pieced three with a border in the tree background fabric around the edge so it measures 20.5” …
So, I realize with just the title of this blog post that I am opening a total can of worms. Also, if you have followed me closely, or if you are my husband, you know that I have bought and sold a number of sewing machines over the last three years. It just never feels …
Welcome back to Week 2 of the Crooked Christmas Tree Sew Along. This week you will need your printed pattern and your tree and background fabrics. You may also wish to go back and read the last blog post: Learn to Paper Piece (Helpful Hints). Most of the directions for this week will be found …
Paper piecing can be a true gift for someone who wants a quilt with odd shapes or perfect points. The following is a list of items I implement when paper piecing. Like with all things in life, there are multiple ways to do something. I don’t consider this list exhaustive or perfect…it is simply how …
