Quilters as mentioned here I found the screen to see the stitch count on my machine! I've often wondered, and there is no way to tell, how many stitches there are on my 1080's. With the quilts stitched from piecing to binding over the years and all those tiny bubbles from @play I'm sure the… Continue reading “You’re a quilting nerd” she said
Category: Kaleidoscope Collections
Quilting, bubbling, quilting
Sing it with me now, "Tiny Bubbles" I'm still stitching tiny bubbles. Tiny Bubbles here, tiny bubbles there. Tiny Bubbles Everywhere! I'm stitching tiny bubbles. And occasionally checking in on my stitch count. It's fun to stitch for a while and watch the stitch count go up. As of the time of this post I'm… Continue reading Quilting, bubbling, quilting
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3.5 million pebbles
or quilting quilting quilting I am working on Quantum Leap. Nothing like a due date to get motivation to set in. It's due to Jeanie on my birthday! YAY. I love that part. I'm celebrating this quilt as I go along and this will be a great way to celebrate my birthday. To stitch out… Continue reading 3.5 million pebbles
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Choosing thread
One of the Friars used to say, "Blessed are the Surprise-able for they shall be surprised". As quilters I think we're among the surprise-able when we work on our quilts no matter how much we plan there is always a level of surprise when the quilt is complete. There is always something that happens along… Continue reading Choosing thread
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A week with my sweetie
My sweetie has been on vacation this week so any time that I wasn't working the time was spent with him. Outside of quilting this is my very favorite thing in life to do. We spent time alone and with friends. Wednesday evening we went into the City to see "Old Hats" with David Shiner… Continue reading A week with my sweetie
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AQS Lancaster
Road tripping is always a delight. Road tripping with 3 friends is priceless. Our first stop: Ladyfingers Sewing in Oley PA. Well our first "stop" was Wegmans for provisions, ie chocolate and fruit. I just missed Gail, however I did not miss one of my very favorite fabric lines, Robert Kaufmans Radiance. I picked up… Continue reading AQS Lancaster
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Meeting Stephanie and more
It seems lately it's either I have nothing to say or everything to say. I am truly grateful that my blog readers bear with me. As promised in my October Free Motion Quilting Challenge on the SewCalGal site the December Bonus Tutorial is up. It's primarily based on the Kaleidoscope Collections Feather Template pack that… Continue reading Meeting Stephanie and more
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Kaleidoscope Collections work
Jeanie gave me some of this years projects to quilt at the AQS Show in Lancaster. We had a while before the projects needed to be finished which gave us time to think through what these kaleidoscopes would become. Jeanie and I decided to change things up a bit and make quilted items along with… Continue reading Kaleidoscope Collections work
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Quilt Festival
I feel so blessed to have made it to Houston this week. Because of my sweetie's schedule I ended up at the airport at 5:30 AM and managed to get on the very next flight out of town - the first flight out of Newark since the beginning of the storm. Thinking I would not… Continue reading Quilt Festival
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Quilt Festival Houston!
I'm impressed with the students in Houston. Both of my classes ended up full. My teachers pets, Maggie and Frances were such a great help! Really, truly impressed. These quilters worked and worked. In my Beginner Free Motion Machine Quilting class all of the quilters stitched out feathers by the end of class. Every single… Continue reading Quilt Festival Houston!
