I started this quilt two years ago as a baby shower gift. I don’t have a lot of friends from my school days, but Betsy is one i’ve known since she came to our high school as a Freshman. I was a year ahead and a teacher assistant in one of her classes, and it was through that class we became friends. I can’t remember the reason, but I wasn’t able to make her baby shower two years ago, but I figured I should probably get Reid’s quilt done before he turned 2. I reached my goal, and when I…
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AGF Stitched – Birchen Quilt
Read moreI had this lengthy post all written up about his quilt, and using the Triangles on a Roll, and how Art Gallery Fabric and Fat Quarter Shop have teamed up to do a video series called AGF Stitched….and then the post decided not to auto save and I lost it all. I really hate when that happens. I’m going to do my best to reconstruct what I said, and ignore the fact that I spent about an hour trying to write that first post and really just want to head into bed now. So, as I was saying, Fat Quarter…
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Quilting A Fight Song
Read moreAs Christmas was approaching I had an email asking if I was still accepting quilts returned in time for Christmas gifting. It just so happens that I was, but just barley. Jennifer asked if I could quilt the chorus from the University of Michigan fight song onto a quilt she made for her son, who is currently a student there. I just love being a part of a gift like this. Quilting a quilt that will be loved and cherished is always special, but a quilt like this is just a little more special and to quilt it specially with…
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Inside My Quilting Studio
Read moreI am so excited to be sharing this post with you today! Shortly after “remodeling” my studio last winter for the arrival of my new, bigger longarm, Heather of HK Power Studio contacted me to see if I would like to be part of her Inside the Studio series. I asked for a few months so I could finish putting my studio back together, and by the time she had contacted me again I pretty much had everything where I wanted it. The big blank wall behind the longarm is still not how I’d like it to be, but I…
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Halloween Quilt Tutorial
Read more{Tutorial found in the post below} Today on the Benartex blog, Sew in Love {with Fabric}, I have a tutorial on how to make this fun Halloween Medallion Quilt. With the use of From Marti Michell’s Kaleido-Ruler, and a few fabulous prints from Benartex, the quilt came together very quickly and remedied my need for a Halloween quilt. With the many interruptions a mom can expect, I made this in two afternoons, but could have easily completed it in a day. I think this pattern was a great opportunity to use a low volume print for the background, instead of…
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Will You Teach Me To Sew?
Read moreI was actually a little surprised when my 6-year-old son asked me this question a few weeks ago. “Suuuure…” I said “What would you like to make?” He decided he wanted to make a quilt for his Auntie Annie. I told him to draw what he wanted to make, which of course ended up being this really complicated snow scene, so instead we sat down and looked at photos of quilts on Pinterest to find something. I opted for an easier pattern since I wanted him to be the one making this, with only backup help from me. He…
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Quilting Buzzing Bees
Read moreI had the opportunity to quilt one of the sweetest quilts recently. It was a sampler quilt with so many bright, cheerful fabrics, depicting all the different seasons. I went searching to see what this quilt is, and it looks to be part of the Quilty Fun Sew Along & Blog Tour for Lori Holt’s book Quilty Fun (affiliate link). As I do with most of my quilting requests, I sent along several quilting ideas that I thought might work for this top. Secretly, I usually have one in the bunch that I hope the clients picks, and this quilt was no different.…
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Fox Has Cathedral Windows
Read moreAnother recently quilted top sent in to be quilted. Callie did an amazing job piecing this Fox Has Spots block of the month quilt. She went with the Cathedral Window design and I think it worked out quite perfectly for the top. Even though I mostly use the Statler (computer portion of my Gammill) to quilt the tops, it’s still a lot of work making sure everything rolls straight and lines up correctly. It’s no easy job with this pattern, but worth the time it takes to line it all up and have it stitched so perfectly.
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Modern Hexagons
Read moreI needed a little crafty break the other day. Our property keeps me busy this time of year, and then longarm quilting has been keeping me busy when i’m not outside, so I haven’t been terribly creative lately. Sometimes I just need to sit and mindlessly craft. Hexagons seemed like the perfect solution. I spotted this perfectly modern hexagon mini in my Pinterest feed (link in the sidebar) a few weeks ago and just knew I was going to have to make it. Go take a look so you understand the rest of what i’m talking about here. …. waiting for…