Tutorial: Appliqued circles
Ah…time for a break. I had a great day because I was able to spend a good four to five hours working on the middle ring of the “glorious” yellow quilt I’m making for my guild’s 2011 quilt challenge. I … Continued
Tutorial: Improvisational piecing: skinny strips
I’m trying something new! (Well, new for me.) Lately, I’ve had an inexplicable desire to do some piecing. Weird, huh? I was joking with a fellow guild member recently about how long it’s been since I actually pieced anything. It … Continued
Tutorial: Do you clean your machine?
How often do you clean your machine? I know I’m supposed to do it fairly frequently, but I usually forget. After I had a couple threads break this morning, I decided it was time to see what was going on … Continued
Tutorial: fused color wheel
I love color wheels. Maybe it’s because I love the bright, clear colors organized so they flow so nicely around and around. While I have numerous commercial color wheels (too many to admit to in polite company), I think you … Continued
Tutorial: easy apron
A couple weeks back, DD#2 came to me with a project idea. She wanted to make an apron as a gift for her sister-in-law. Now, my girls grew up watching me sew, but I never actually taught them how to … Continued
Quiltmaker’s Documentation form revised
After valuable insights from some generous quilters (thanks Karen, Sandra, and Margaret!), I made some revisions to the Quiltmaker’s Documentation form. If you downloaded one yesterday, you might consider downloading the new form today. The file has the same name, … Continued
Tutorial: quilt documentation, continued
After posting yesterday about my rather haphazard way of “documenting” my quilts, I thought it might be nice to give you something a little more organized. So here is the second part of the tutorial on documenting your quilts. I … Continued
Tutorial: documenting your quilts
Seems like I’ve been spinning my wheels the last couple weeks. For the past five days I’ve been drowning in paperwork. Mostly end-of-the-year paperwork and tax stuff for my family, for our church, and for my quilting. Of course there … Continued