Have you caught curve fever yet? I have it bad. Denyse Schmidt is running a sew along for one of her quilts, and it is wonderful. I love the Free Wheeling Single Girl Quilt, and when the sew along popped up in my Instagram feed, I just had to join in. Rather than spend a … Continue reading Free Wheeling Single Girl Quilt
Woohoo! I'm up on the AccuQuilt blog again today. This time I made cute little velvet pumpkins with my Go! Die Cutter and some circle dies. And because I am ruled by Instagram, I made some acorns, too. You can check out my post on the AccuQuilt blog. These are so easy and fun. I … Continue reading Velvet Pumpkins and Acorns with AccuQuilt
One of my clients, Eileen, frequently brings me quilts that use some of the same fabrics as her previous quilts. The last pair was one really big quilt, followed by a smaller one that used the same prints as the first, but mixed with a lot of white background. I chatted with her about it … Continue reading Bonus Quilts
Have you heard of National Sew a Jelly Roll Day? It is organized by Project Jelly Roll. The third Saturday in September is designated for us to open up one of our precious Moda Jelly Rolls and make something fabulous. This year I explored making my own pre-cut collection using my AccuQuilt Go! and my … Continue reading Sew a Jelly Roll with me and AccuQuilt!
I have huge news! I had a project accepted into Quiltmaker, and the magazine didn't go out of business before it was published! I receive "calls for submissions" from The Quilting Company family of magazines, and this one specifically mentioned finishing vintage tops. It just so happened that I had noticed a lovely drunkard's path … Continue reading Christmas Cactus – A Vintage Top Rescue
This month Island Batik Ambassadors have been challenged to make a fun quilt with the AccuQuilt BOB dies we received in our summer boxes. The die I received was the 12" Ohio Star. It's a simple block, and came together beautifully with my AccuQuilt Go! The Ohio Star is part of the "Block On Board", … Continue reading Child’s Play with Island Batik and AccuQuilt
I hope you are enjoying all of the tutorials being offered through Hunter Design Studio's Back to School Blog Hop! Thanks to Sam Hunter for pulling all of this together! Welcome to my tutorial! Machine binding is my primary method of finishing my quilts. Once in a long while I will do a hand binding, … Continue reading Accurate and Attractive Machine Binding
Sam of Hunter's Design Studio has kicked off her annual Back to School Blog Hop. Check out this list of participants. I'm so excited to participate, and also to gather up all of these great tips! Day 1 – September 1 – Sam Hunter: Sewing Long Seams Without Stretching – huntersdesignstudio.com Day 2 – September 2 … Continue reading The Back to School Blog Hop
Island Batik is supporting Triathlon Gold this year. One of the supportive programs is to give each athlete their very own red, white and blue quilt. Here is the quilt I made for my athlete, Mary Alex England. All of the quilts for athletes are similar. We were given a pattern, designed by Kathleen of … Continue reading Supporting Triathlon Gold with Island Batik
Today is my day to share on the Island Batik Beat the Heat blog hop! Summer is in full swing in New Jersey. Days are sweltering, the sun is shining, and the mosquitos are threatening to carry me away. Once again, I'm working with a sea life theme. I don't know what to say, guys, … Continue reading Beat the Heat with Island Batik & Fabric Giveaway
