Posts Tagged ‘Quiltskipper’
Everything you need to know about marking on black fabric
I have a knack for somehow starting with a simple project and making it difficult. This time I came up with a doozie. Start with a black whole cloth quilt. That doesn’t sound that difficult does it? Well let’s choose a design with a lot of marking. And add trapunto. And probably some metallic thread.…
Read MoreNew Work!
Last year was The Year of Writing. Like any huge undertaking it had its trade-offs. It was all consuming, the equivalent of making several successful competition level quilts in one year as far as I could tell. It filled my brain and my days. It was isolating. It will be all worth it and I’m…
Read MoreFolsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Show 2018-Small Quilt Room, Garments and Fashion Show
This is my local guild’s show, the Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild-I LOVE show! We are rich with talent in every genre of quilting. I spent only one day at show this year and I was so thrilled with the variety and quality. I love my guild! This is a long and photo heavy post:…
Read MoreTurning a corner
I’ll be in Long Beach this week so this will be a shorter post. I want to share my fix for rounded corners when free motion quilting. Here’s what I mean: It’s common to get these kinds of rounded corners or angles. Even though you absolutely stitched that corner, your machine rounds that corner off.…
Read MorePointless Sisters, a park and SAQA meeting
What a week! The printer died, the new one wouldn’t load and my email went down…right before I left to teach a workshop for The Pointless Sisters. As a teacher, I have to be highly organized. I don’t procrastinate. I create lists, summaries and reminders for each gig and I print them out shortly before…
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