Whenever I hear, "thinking, thinking" the voice in my head sounds like Elfred in my GPS. Elfred is from the north pole and sometimes asks if anyone wants hot chocolate or fruitcake. My answer to both is, "yes!" I've been teaching machine quilting on a domestic for about 4 1/2 to 5 years now. I… Continue reading Thinking, thinking and I would like your input, please
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New England Quilt Festival
I get to teach 4 classes over 3 days at the New England Quilt Festival in Manchester New Hampshire April 10 - 13. Here's the link to my faculty page. April 11 morning - Let Your Foot Loose, Be Fancy & Free is all about learning machine stitching motifs that can be used on quilts.… Continue reading New England Quilt Festival
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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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Courthouse Quilters visit
Two delightful days of teaching Beginner Free Motion Machine Quilting with the Courthouse Quilters. Oh man is this an amazing group of Quilters! This group is close enough that I brought all my stuff including my machine and a good deal of my thread and some of the Houston swag including the Karen Kay Buckley… Continue reading Courthouse Quilters visit
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Classroom photos
It is a rare occasion that I get photos from my classes. I'm sure you understand why. My visit to Olde City Quilts was a fluke. This time around Maggie Szfranski took a number of photos for me. Thank you! This first photo I'm sharing is a fun one for me because Maggie gave me… Continue reading Classroom photos
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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!
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Olde City Quilts – Let Your Foot Loose, Be Fancy & Free
Just finished a delightful day 2 at Olde City Quilts in Burlington NJ owned by Judy and Rob Engime. Olde CityQuilts is a Bernina and a Gammill dealer and the shop is filled with fabrics in beautiful vignettes, Christmas here, Halloween there, solids, batiks oh this store goes on forever! Last night (Thursday) was the… Continue reading Olde City Quilts – Let Your Foot Loose, Be Fancy & Free
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MQX West just got a lot more exciting!
I get to teach of course and that always makes me happy. Really happy. I'm teaching 3 classes and I understand there's still room for students in them. I'd love to meet you. Yesterday afternoon Janet-Lee Santeusanio sent the email out saying "Congratulations your quilts are finalists!" I was bouncing off the walls. Well not… Continue reading MQX West just got a lot more exciting!
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Teaching & traveling
I'm very grateful for the opportunities that quilting brings. The opportunity to be on the faculty of a variety of shows and work with quilt shops and guilds is part of a dream come true. I look forward to meeting you and as Alex Anderson says, we quilters do meet! Over the next couple of… Continue reading Teaching & traveling
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Quilt Festival (Houston) Class Question
As you know I'm a member of The Quilt Show and many of the quilters have come over to facebook (here's a link to my artist page) as well. I love being friends with these quilters for so many reasons one in particular is that we get to share information and grow as quilters and… Continue reading Quilt Festival (Houston) Class Question
