The Long Overdue Update
20/03/09 21:15
Since my blog update has
been LOOOOONG overdue, I thought I would come back with
the exciting news that we have a new family member.
Meet little Ziegler our new baby boy. He was born in
early February making our family total a whopping 10
members. He helps to even out the numbers a wee bit as
we now have 5 daughters and 3 sons.
I’m sure you can imagine just how busy we have been, but we are starting to settle into a nice routine finally. Customer quilts have been steadily rolling in, and we’ve also been doing a lot of charity quilting for the guild which we belong to. Speaking of the guild, I should share that I have become the President! When our former president stepped down, as the VP I become the next in line. It has been a really great opportunity for me and I am really enjoying the experience.
When I accidentally found out we were expecting a baby boy, I decided to start his quilt in blues and yellows. I am proud to say that I did no shopping for this quilt! It was completely a stash buster. I had an old project lingering and my enthusiasm had totally died. So I took the pieces and fashioned them into something new! Here you can see the individual blocks which I came up with. All I have left are the borders! I plan to attach those tonight, and will hopefully get the chance to post some pictures tomorrow.
Did you know that tomorrow is National Quilt Day? I will spend the day working at a quilt shop playing with fabric ( I know, what a punishment huh?) and I’m sure some quilting will commence after I get home in the evening. What will you spend your day working on? Or will you be out shopping for a new project? Maybe your quilt group is getting together to sped the day quilting. Whatever it is you are up to, we would love to hear about it!
Enjoy National Quilt Day! Hope you make the most of it!
I’m sure you can imagine just how busy we have been, but we are starting to settle into a nice routine finally. Customer quilts have been steadily rolling in, and we’ve also been doing a lot of charity quilting for the guild which we belong to. Speaking of the guild, I should share that I have become the President! When our former president stepped down, as the VP I become the next in line. It has been a really great opportunity for me and I am really enjoying the experience.
When I accidentally found out we were expecting a baby boy, I decided to start his quilt in blues and yellows. I am proud to say that I did no shopping for this quilt! It was completely a stash buster. I had an old project lingering and my enthusiasm had totally died. So I took the pieces and fashioned them into something new! Here you can see the individual blocks which I came up with. All I have left are the borders! I plan to attach those tonight, and will hopefully get the chance to post some pictures tomorrow.
Did you know that tomorrow is National Quilt Day? I will spend the day working at a quilt shop playing with fabric ( I know, what a punishment huh?) and I’m sure some quilting will commence after I get home in the evening. What will you spend your day working on? Or will you be out shopping for a new project? Maybe your quilt group is getting together to sped the day quilting. Whatever it is you are up to, we would love to hear about it!
Enjoy National Quilt Day! Hope you make the most of it!
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The Business of Quilting
20/03/09 21:11
Here is a great little
read if you are looking to crack into the quilting
industry.
The Business of Quilting by Pat Sloan
I don’t often like to send you clicking away from our site but today is an exception.
Here’s why...
I often read crafty blogs to keep up with what everyone is doing and recently stumbled across a really good read. A couple weeks ago I became friends with Pat Sloan on FaceBook and have taken quite the liking to her and her work. Not only does she publish patterns and fabric lines, but Pat is a real people person.
You expect superstars like Pat to be snooty like so many other quilters, yet she is down to earth and really fun to hang out with online. I am especially impressed at the amount of years that Pat has been growing her online community. She has been working her Yahoo Group for ten years now and has more than 2000 members.
It is an honor for me to help Pat work her new Facebook Group of Quilters and build an active Quilting Community on Facebook. Please feel free to join us on Facebook, become our friends at join in the fun at Pat Sloan’s Place.
Aside from Facebook you will also enjoy reading Pat’s Blog where she has just announced An ‘OP Challenge’ which to my delight stands for Orange Pile. Be sure to read all about it by clicking her banner below.
Orange Pile Challenge 2009
The Business of Quilting by Pat Sloan
I don’t often like to send you clicking away from our site but today is an exception.
Here’s why...
I often read crafty blogs to keep up with what everyone is doing and recently stumbled across a really good read. A couple weeks ago I became friends with Pat Sloan on FaceBook and have taken quite the liking to her and her work. Not only does she publish patterns and fabric lines, but Pat is a real people person.
You expect superstars like Pat to be snooty like so many other quilters, yet she is down to earth and really fun to hang out with online. I am especially impressed at the amount of years that Pat has been growing her online community. She has been working her Yahoo Group for ten years now and has more than 2000 members.
It is an honor for me to help Pat work her new Facebook Group of Quilters and build an active Quilting Community on Facebook. Please feel free to join us on Facebook, become our friends at join in the fun at Pat Sloan’s Place.
Aside from Facebook you will also enjoy reading Pat’s Blog where she has just announced An ‘OP Challenge’ which to my delight stands for Orange Pile. Be sure to read all about it by clicking her banner below.
Orange Pile Challenge 2009
Yet another Jelly Bargelly - The Bargello quilts keep coming
17/01/09 20:12 Filed in: Jelly
Bargelly
Here is the very first
Jelly Bargelly we made.
We used 3 Moda jelly rolls and were able to get 2 full quilt tops out of it.
This is a pic of the first Bargello we completed a few months ago. Below I will show you pictures of the second quilt we are in the process of finishing.
Here is a look at some of the variations you can do with the same four quarters. Move them around and see which way you like it best. What a great project to play around with. I only have one quarter pieced but Matty used a photo editor to duplicate and turn the photos to show me all the possibilities of this pattern. I really like the second one down on the left, the one that looks like a bow tie. I can’t wait to see it completed.
I also like the long quilt on the bottom. What a great wall hanging that would make to hang over the fireplace.
We used 3 Moda jelly rolls and were able to get 2 full quilt tops out of it.
This is a pic of the first Bargello we completed a few months ago. Below I will show you pictures of the second quilt we are in the process of finishing.
Here is a look at some of the variations you can do with the same four quarters. Move them around and see which way you like it best. What a great project to play around with. I only have one quarter pieced but Matty used a photo editor to duplicate and turn the photos to show me all the possibilities of this pattern. I really like the second one down on the left, the one that looks like a bow tie. I can’t wait to see it completed.
I also like the long quilt on the bottom. What a great wall hanging that would make to hang over the fireplace.
Lone Star Log Cabin Customer Quilt
01/12/08 23:34 Filed in: Customer
Quilts
Whenever I know a quilt is leaving our studio/home I always feel the urge to take some pictures of it in case I don’t get the chance to see it again. This is the last quilt that my wife’s mother brought us to throw on the long arm. I immediately fell in love with this bright orange and red Sunburst looking Lone Star.
As long arm quilters, Bradie and I enjoy adding quilting to a customers quilt and bringing it to life. This quilt however worried us a little. Not that there was anything wrong with the quilt, quite the contrary, this quilt was so magnificent and vibrant that we felt a bit intimidated by it. Luckily, our favorite customer, who also happens to be Bradie’s Mom, had some wonderful ideas on what she wanted the quilting to look like.
She chose Flames bursting out of the center of the star like a sunburst(which later prompted me to suggest a sun in the center) and giant feathers in the white sections. After about a half an hour of looking through the books we like to keep on hand, she found this feathered layout and it immediately caught her eye.
Nearly 14hrs of quilting later, we were able to call her and tell her to come and get her quilt. It’s always good to get a quilt off the frame but I know there is stills hours of work to be done adding the binding.
Here is a look at the Sunburst and flames shooting from the center of the Lone Star.
Jelly Bargelly Quilt Kit off to the Long Arm!
15/10/08 22:16 Filed in: Bargello
I am so excited to say that we finished up this stunning quilt last week. We bought the pattern and fabrics over the summer when we were in Salmon Arm, BC. The pattern is called Jelly Bargelly, and we used Peace on Earth jelly rolls from Moda to make it. It requires 3 strips of 17 different fabrics.
As we speak, er I mean as I type(? haha) my Matty is upstairs quilting diagonal lines through each and every square. He is so good with the ruler and quilting in the ditch, he truly has way more patience than I do. I guess that is why we are a good quilting team!
We are on a bit of a deadline with this quilt, as Matt’s Mom wants to take it down to Arizona when she goes for the winter. This is the second quilt of ours that she has bought. It’s nice to have a customer who really loves our work. The very best part is that we have enough jelly roll strips to make ourselves a quilt too, and I hope to teach this pattern as a class at the Quilt Shop where I work.
Our Newly Renovated Quilt Studio
15/10/08 22:15 Filed in: Quilt
Studio
It is finally done! We
tore up the carpet, and ripped out the baseboards. We
hired a painter, and prepped the walls. We chose paint
colors, and hardwood, as well as brand new furniture,
and finally, FINALLY! The Quilt Studio is done! Here is
a look....
This shot is from the top of the stairs, sorry about the glare!
Look at that gorgeous Hardwood!
Matt and his Dad put in a lot of hard work to make this beautiful studio for us to create in and I am so thankful to both of them!
This shot is from the top of the stairs, sorry about the glare!
Look at that gorgeous Hardwood!
Matt and his Dad put in a lot of hard work to make this beautiful studio for us to create in and I am so thankful to both of them!
Our favorite Quilt Shop on our little Shop Hop in B.C. Definitely Country Treasures
29/08/08 11:55 Filed in: Quilt Shops
Yes, you were right. We
have been missing for the past week! Hubby and I took
the kids for a relaxing vacation to the lake house in
Sicamous BC. We had a really great time at the beach,
boating and enjoying the local attractions. Of course
we also had to do a small quilt shop hop too! Matt's
parents had visitors from Australia, and guess what?!
She's a quilter too. We didn't have to bend her arm
very much to get her come shopping with us.
We began in Salmon Arm at a shop called The Sewing Basket. There Matt found an awesome bargello pattern quilt that we plan to make for the lake house. Our friend Diane was excited to find some Australian fabrics with kangaroos, plus a floral fabric which she had been hunting for. She also picked up some gorgeous dandelion fabrics that I really loved. Maybe there will still be some left when we go back next year! The bargello pattern we chose is made of jelly roll strips, which will really save on the cutting, and we even got a bit of the sewing done while we were at the lake. Shortly after we got home, we realized that we would need another jelly roll ( a long story which I'll save for another post! ). This gave me the opportunity to go back and find even more gorgeous little treasures, plus allowed our daughters to come and do some shopping as well. Great fun was had by all!
The next shop we went to was Flying Needles Quilt Shop, in Vernon. It was quite small and surprisingly, I didn't find a single thing to splurge on! My Australian friend found some fabric she had been looking for plus she bought a pretty Geisha panel kit which came with some coordinating fabrics. Just love those Asian fabrics!
Lastly we went to another shop in Vernon called Definitely Country Treasures.
This shop was very nice as was the woman who owned it. She had loads of gorgeous quilts which she does embroidery on. She really loves the Asian themes as well!
What I really liked was how the embroidery turned an ordinary quilt back into a work of art. We spent quite a while browsing her shop while chatting.
Matt pointed out a Ricki Timms Convergence quilt on the wall and this led to a wonderful story that the shop owner shared with us. She was at a big Quilting Dinner that featured a number of well known quilters. As her husband and her looked for a table they were discouraged that everyone was saving seats and there was nowhere for them to sit. Then, back in the corner was an empty table where only an older couple sat. They asked if the open seats were taken and to their delight they were not. They quickly sat down to claim their spot although a little disappointed that all the celebrities were sitting at other tables. To their utter amazement, the other couple at the table introduced themselves as Ricki Timms Parents. So long story short, they spent the evening sitting with The Timms, including their flamboyant Son Ricki.
After telling this story, she quickly whipped out a photo album with a number of pictures of the workshop she took with the Caveman of Quilting himself.
Here we also found a perfect backing for our bargello and an exciting pattern book for circular quilts using a 10 degree wedge ruler. Of course we had to get the ruler as well! Diane found a nice piece of fabric that she liked too, she is quite fond of Loralie designs, so she really just had to have it!
By this time the kids were totally starving so we stopped for a shockingly great meal at Denny's. I have never had such great service, our waitress was incredible. If you are ever in Vernon BC, do not hesitate to eat at the Denny's!
We finished up there and had to stop at Home Depot and Superstore as well before we began the hour long trip back to the lake house. Originally we had planned one more stop at a quilt shop in Armstrong, but we were too road weary by the time we rolled through. We drove straight through and made a stop at a produce stand instead.
The Log Cabin, just outside Armstrong, really was much more than a produce stand, as they featured a petting zoo, a goat walk, baked goods, and antique shop. We woke all the kids and they had a blast feeding the goats, playing in the park, and picking out some snacks for themselves. We will definitely stop there again.
It's hard to believe that all that activity took place in just a single day! We had so many fun filled days while we were away, and so much to look forward to doing again next year. Soon I will post about the fabrics and kits that we bought, and the progress we have made so far on our latest quilting project.
We began in Salmon Arm at a shop called The Sewing Basket. There Matt found an awesome bargello pattern quilt that we plan to make for the lake house. Our friend Diane was excited to find some Australian fabrics with kangaroos, plus a floral fabric which she had been hunting for. She also picked up some gorgeous dandelion fabrics that I really loved. Maybe there will still be some left when we go back next year! The bargello pattern we chose is made of jelly roll strips, which will really save on the cutting, and we even got a bit of the sewing done while we were at the lake. Shortly after we got home, we realized that we would need another jelly roll ( a long story which I'll save for another post! ). This gave me the opportunity to go back and find even more gorgeous little treasures, plus allowed our daughters to come and do some shopping as well. Great fun was had by all!
The next shop we went to was Flying Needles Quilt Shop, in Vernon. It was quite small and surprisingly, I didn't find a single thing to splurge on! My Australian friend found some fabric she had been looking for plus she bought a pretty Geisha panel kit which came with some coordinating fabrics. Just love those Asian fabrics!
Lastly we went to another shop in Vernon called Definitely Country Treasures.
This shop was very nice as was the woman who owned it. She had loads of gorgeous quilts which she does embroidery on. She really loves the Asian themes as well!
What I really liked was how the embroidery turned an ordinary quilt back into a work of art. We spent quite a while browsing her shop while chatting.
Matt pointed out a Ricki Timms Convergence quilt on the wall and this led to a wonderful story that the shop owner shared with us. She was at a big Quilting Dinner that featured a number of well known quilters. As her husband and her looked for a table they were discouraged that everyone was saving seats and there was nowhere for them to sit. Then, back in the corner was an empty table where only an older couple sat. They asked if the open seats were taken and to their delight they were not. They quickly sat down to claim their spot although a little disappointed that all the celebrities were sitting at other tables. To their utter amazement, the other couple at the table introduced themselves as Ricki Timms Parents. So long story short, they spent the evening sitting with The Timms, including their flamboyant Son Ricki.
After telling this story, she quickly whipped out a photo album with a number of pictures of the workshop she took with the Caveman of Quilting himself.
Here we also found a perfect backing for our bargello and an exciting pattern book for circular quilts using a 10 degree wedge ruler. Of course we had to get the ruler as well! Diane found a nice piece of fabric that she liked too, she is quite fond of Loralie designs, so she really just had to have it!
By this time the kids were totally starving so we stopped for a shockingly great meal at Denny's. I have never had such great service, our waitress was incredible. If you are ever in Vernon BC, do not hesitate to eat at the Denny's!
We finished up there and had to stop at Home Depot and Superstore as well before we began the hour long trip back to the lake house. Originally we had planned one more stop at a quilt shop in Armstrong, but we were too road weary by the time we rolled through. We drove straight through and made a stop at a produce stand instead.
The Log Cabin, just outside Armstrong, really was much more than a produce stand, as they featured a petting zoo, a goat walk, baked goods, and antique shop. We woke all the kids and they had a blast feeding the goats, playing in the park, and picking out some snacks for themselves. We will definitely stop there again.
It's hard to believe that all that activity took place in just a single day! We had so many fun filled days while we were away, and so much to look forward to doing again next year. Soon I will post about the fabrics and kits that we bought, and the progress we have made so far on our latest quilting project.
Basic Quilting Techniques
18/07/08 22:08 Filed in: techniques
Now you can learn to
quilt in the comfort of your own home at your own pace
I am busy planning and preparing loads of great quilting information for all you quilters. I am dividing it up into easy weekly classes that you can subscribe to through QuiltCetera’s
Yahoo Group.
As I come up with the list of topics, my husband suggested that I share it with the group.
Of course, he always has great ideas! This gives all the members an outline of what to expect and something to look forward to. We are starting with absolute basics to cover all bases. If you are a more experienced quilter, then consider this a review!
◦ Quilting Basics Tutorials
◦ Choosing a Quilting Pattern
◦ Selecting Fabrics for your Project
◦ What type of thread to use
◦ Tools: rotary cutter, ruler and cutting mat
◦ Sewing Machine and attachments
◦ Squaring Fabric
◦ Cutting Fabric including cross cutting
◦ Cross cutting fabric which is already sewn
◦ What is a scant quarter inch seam allowance and how to measure
◦ Chain piecing
◦ Corners and points
◦ Attacing sashing and borders
◦ Sandwiching quilts
◦ Basting quilts pin method vs stitching method
◦ Machine quilting on a domestic machine
◦ Cutting binding strips
◦ Joining binding strips
◦ Attaching binding
Please let us know what you think. Have we missed any steps, or left out something
that you would like to learn?
Hopefully this will create a solid foundation for quilters who are just starting out or
have limited experience.
Are you looking for simple beginner projects to get started quilting? Want to learn to make a baby quilt or maybe a table runner. What ever it is you would like to learn, I would be more than happy to create a tutorial for you.
Subscribe to Basic-Quilting-Techniques
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Simply join in by subscribing to our quilting group and ask me what ever you like about quilting. If you are lucky, your suggestion may even be featured here on our blog.
I am busy planning and preparing loads of great quilting information for all you quilters. I am dividing it up into easy weekly classes that you can subscribe to through QuiltCetera’s
Yahoo Group.
As I come up with the list of topics, my husband suggested that I share it with the group.
Of course, he always has great ideas! This gives all the members an outline of what to expect and something to look forward to. We are starting with absolute basics to cover all bases. If you are a more experienced quilter, then consider this a review!
◦ Quilting Basics Tutorials
◦ Choosing a Quilting Pattern
◦ Selecting Fabrics for your Project
◦ What type of thread to use
◦ Tools: rotary cutter, ruler and cutting mat
◦ Sewing Machine and attachments
◦ Squaring Fabric
◦ Cutting Fabric including cross cutting
◦ Cross cutting fabric which is already sewn
◦ What is a scant quarter inch seam allowance and how to measure
◦ Chain piecing
◦ Corners and points
◦ Attacing sashing and borders
◦ Sandwiching quilts
◦ Basting quilts pin method vs stitching method
◦ Machine quilting on a domestic machine
◦ Cutting binding strips
◦ Joining binding strips
◦ Attaching binding
Please let us know what you think. Have we missed any steps, or left out something
that you would like to learn?
Hopefully this will create a solid foundation for quilters who are just starting out or
have limited experience.
Are you looking for simple beginner projects to get started quilting? Want to learn to make a baby quilt or maybe a table runner. What ever it is you would like to learn, I would be more than happy to create a tutorial for you.
Subscribe to Basic-Quilting-Techniques
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Simply join in by subscribing to our quilting group and ask me what ever you like about quilting. If you are lucky, your suggestion may even be featured here on our blog.
Our first customer quilt
17/06/08 19:21 Filed in: customer
qullts
Just the other day we
finished up the quilting on our first customer quilt. A
woman from Guild had asked us to quilt the charity
quilt she was working on, and of course I said ‘Yes!”.
The quilt was a group project, Marjanne had arranged
for members to donate their quit blocks, and she added
sashing, borders, and additional blocks. The quilt
turned out beautifully - as you can see!
Marjanne gave us permission to do whatever we liked. It turned out that we had a groovy board template that fit perfectly for the block size. Fortunately Matt and I had just taken a workshop and learned some great tips for quilting with the HQ16. For the borders we decided to stitch in the ditch. Here you can see a couple of blocks up close.
Here is a look at the HQ16 with the quilt displayed over the frame....
What a great set up and a beautiful machine. We are so hapy with it! Marjanne was thrilled with the quilt. She picked it up Thursday morning, and donated it to the charity that night during our guild meeting. Most exciting, she has already said she will bring us her next quilt! SHe has big plns for the next one, feathered borders, micro stippling around her trapunto, and echo quilting to finish it off. I had to giggle a bit when she showed me the quilt... still under construction! When it is ready, we will be too.
Marjanne gave us permission to do whatever we liked. It turned out that we had a groovy board template that fit perfectly for the block size. Fortunately Matt and I had just taken a workshop and learned some great tips for quilting with the HQ16. For the borders we decided to stitch in the ditch. Here you can see a couple of blocks up close.
Here is a look at the HQ16 with the quilt displayed over the frame....
What a great set up and a beautiful machine. We are so hapy with it! Marjanne was thrilled with the quilt. She picked it up Thursday morning, and donated it to the charity that night during our guild meeting. Most exciting, she has already said she will bring us her next quilt! SHe has big plns for the next one, feathered borders, micro stippling around her trapunto, and echo quilting to finish it off. I had to giggle a bit when she showed me the quilt... still under construction! When it is ready, we will be too.
Changes in quilt sizes because of deeper mattresses
21/05/08 10:38 Filed in: Quilt
sizing
Recently Deb Roby
sent me 
a
message that I would like to share with all my
readers:
"Do you make bed sized quilts? Are you seeing changes in recommended sizes because of deeper mattresses? Or batting size changes?".
This message caught my attention as Matty and I had recently made a queen size quilt and found it was not wide enough once it was laid on our pillow top mattress. The problem was easy to solve, we added an extra 8 inches in borders to the sides and called it a quilt. So I wrote back to Deb and told her of my Fix It Up theory. Deb has put a lot of thought into this topic and she soon wrote back....
"Yes, we must start measuring beds before we make bed sized quilts.. but what does this mean for
1) quilts already made and cherished.
2. quilts being made by the "recommended" or "standard" sizes listed in books and magazines?
3) quilts we make for others? (like raffle quilts and wedding gift quilts?)"
Wow. What a good point she has. So then I began asking other quilters what they are doing to deal with this problem. Now I am asking you, the Quilting Reader, what have you been doing to deal with this problem? I would appreciate your comments here or you can visit Deb's blog. Please comment to let Deb know what your thoughts are and what you have done to deal with this problem. Deb has several pictures on her blog showing the difference in how a quilt fits the older style mattress vs. the newer pillow top style mattress. Any feedback is appreciated!
sent me a
message that I would like to share with all my
readers:
"Do you make bed sized quilts? Are you seeing changes in recommended sizes because of deeper mattresses? Or batting size changes?".
This message caught my attention as Matty and I had recently made a queen size quilt and found it was not wide enough once it was laid on our pillow top mattress. The problem was easy to solve, we added an extra 8 inches in borders to the sides and called it a quilt. So I wrote back to Deb and told her of my Fix It Up theory. Deb has put a lot of thought into this topic and she soon wrote back....
"Yes, we must start measuring beds before we make bed sized quilts.. but what does this mean for
1) quilts already made and cherished.
2. quilts being made by the "recommended" or "standard" sizes listed in books and magazines?
3) quilts we make for others? (like raffle quilts and wedding gift quilts?)"
Wow. What a good point she has. So then I began asking other quilters what they are doing to deal with this problem. Now I am asking you, the Quilting Reader, what have you been doing to deal with this problem? I would appreciate your comments here or you can visit Deb's blog. Please comment to let Deb know what your thoughts are and what you have done to deal with this problem. Deb has several pictures on her blog showing the difference in how a quilt fits the older style mattress vs. the newer pillow top style mattress. Any feedback is appreciated!
Practice runs on the HQ16 mid-arm quilting machine.
16/05/08 14:24 Filed in: HQ16
Here are some pics from
last week, we had such a good week . We spent alot of
time offline playing with the HQ16. Here are a few pics
of some of the practice runs we made. Bradie was so
happy when I came home with a bolt of ikea Muslin to
practice on. At $3.99/M you can't go wrong.
Here is a pattern we followed with the laser stylus. It was really easy to use and if this is how good it looks first run, wait till we get good at it. I tried some micro stippling of sorts as well.
Before long patterns just sort of flow on to your textile canvas. This one turned out a little aztec or egyptian.
Here's a shot of what the kids see as Marching Elephants. I see it a bit but am going to mess around with the number of legs and size of ears. This would be a really fun pattern to try on a kids jungle quilt.
Bradie's playing with the idea of blistery breeze.
Second Oldest daughters first attempt at Graffiti slye writing. She wants to practice with different colour threads. I think it will look great in orange red and yellow
I couldn't believe when Bradie whipped this off. She's such a natural at quilting, I 'm happy to have some one to learn from and with. What a great flower. Again, can't wait to see it in color. or on a quilt.
Some of Bradie's first McCtavishing on the longarm.
We had originally picked out a bunch of different templates for the machine, but weren't happy with the way they looked on fabric. We traded them in for these great templates. They are ideal for blocks up to 12.5 inches. We got both squares and circles. As you can see my stylus wasn't quite low enough and some of the lines are little wavy.
Here is a pattern we followed with the laser stylus. It was really easy to use and if this is how good it looks first run, wait till we get good at it. I tried some micro stippling of sorts as well.
Before long patterns just sort of flow on to your textile canvas. This one turned out a little aztec or egyptian.
Here's a shot of what the kids see as Marching Elephants. I see it a bit but am going to mess around with the number of legs and size of ears. This would be a really fun pattern to try on a kids jungle quilt.
Bradie's playing with the idea of blistery breeze.
Second Oldest daughters first attempt at Graffiti slye writing. She wants to practice with different colour threads. I think it will look great in orange red and yellow
I couldn't believe when Bradie whipped this off. She's such a natural at quilting, I 'm happy to have some one to learn from and with. What a great flower. Again, can't wait to see it in color. or on a quilt.
Some of Bradie's first McCtavishing on the longarm.
We had originally picked out a bunch of different templates for the machine, but weren't happy with the way they looked on fabric. We traded them in for these great templates. They are ideal for blocks up to 12.5 inches. We got both squares and circles. As you can see my stylus wasn't quite low enough and some of the lines are little wavy.
HQ16 cuts my labor in 1/6
08/05/08 11:48 Filed in: HQ16
Hi this is Matt with
QuiltCetera.Com. I spend a lot of time quilting and not
much time blogging. I am going to be catching you all
up on some of my most recent projects.
Today I want to talk about a pile of panels I bought months ago and forgot I had. Bradie sent me out to the local fabric store to buy her 4 matching panels with a children's theme. I came home with about 40 panels of various themes.
Luckily I remebered panels for Bradie and she whipped off a Baby Rag Time Tutorial.
I had all but forgotten about the other panels, until yesterday, while cleaning out the crawl space, I came across this huge bag full of panels. As I came up the stairs I noticed the HQ16 was empty and I knew if I jumped on it I could have a project whipped off in no time at all. I honestly didn't expect it to go so fast.
I loaded Three Rag quilts at the same time
This took a total of 12 panels and an hour and a half to load the long arm,
quilt the lines across the quilts, slash cut between the seams, unload the Long arm.
Now all I need to do is Bind the three quilts. I'm amazed how much time I saved on this project using the HQ16!
Today I want to talk about a pile of panels I bought months ago and forgot I had. Bradie sent me out to the local fabric store to buy her 4 matching panels with a children's theme. I came home with about 40 panels of various themes.
Luckily I remebered panels for Bradie and she whipped off a Baby Rag Time Tutorial.
I had all but forgotten about the other panels, until yesterday, while cleaning out the crawl space, I came across this huge bag full of panels. As I came up the stairs I noticed the HQ16 was empty and I knew if I jumped on it I could have a project whipped off in no time at all. I honestly didn't expect it to go so fast.
I loaded Three Rag quilts at the same time
This took a total of 12 panels and an hour and a half to load the long arm,
quilt the lines across the quilts, slash cut between the seams, unload the Long arm.
Now all I need to do is Bind the three quilts. I'm amazed how much time I saved on this project using the HQ16!
Two Newest Tutorials: chain piecing + borders
04/04/08 12:34 Filed in: Tutorials
I've been getting so many
questions from new quilters that I've decided to
regularly add new content to try and answer some of the
most frequently asked quilting questions. We have just
added two new tutorials to the website. The first is
about chain piecing and the other is
how to add borders to your
quilt. If
you have any questions be sure to ask in our
live chat. If I'm not live, just type your
message in the chat box and I will see it when I
return.
Chain Piecing
Adding Borders
Now be sure to come back often as we are always adding new stuff.
Learn how to quilt with easy to understand instructions combined with step by step
photos of each project. Keep your eye out for these great free tutorials we have planned!
Pattern and tutorial for beginner nine patch
Half Square Triangle Tutorial
Machine Quilting Tutorial
We also have been planning a cute floral applique project which I know you will love. It is so easy, even a beginner can do it! Oh! Wait... Isn't that the idea? Yes, we are all about coaching new quilters through their beginner projects.
Chain Piecing
Adding Borders
Now be sure to come back often as we are always adding new stuff.
Learn how to quilt with easy to understand instructions combined with step by step
photos of each project. Keep your eye out for these great free tutorials we have planned!
Pattern and tutorial for beginner nine patch
Half Square Triangle Tutorial
Machine Quilting Tutorial
We also have been planning a cute floral applique project which I know you will love. It is so easy, even a beginner can do it! Oh! Wait... Isn't that the idea? Yes, we are all about coaching new quilters through their beginner projects.
