Friday I was lucky enough to have been able to take a free-motion quilting class from Cindy Needham. She’s most famous for her quilts made from old linens, and we saw lots of those at Thursday evening’s guild meeting — they’re drop-dead gorgeous! But linens aren’t something I have hanging […]
Free motion quilting
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A couple of weeks ago, I posted about another Drunkard’s Path quilt I was planning to finish after letting it languish for over a year. I’ve now put all of the blocks together and decided that borders on this one just don’t add anything to the effect I want. So […]
I can hardly believe it’s been a month since my last post! But I’ve been busy, and time has slipped away. After finishing the shawl I posted about last month, I decided to teach myself to knit in the continental style, so I researched lots of videos on YouTube (what […]
Can you see what I’m doing here? There’s a lot of gold tracery printed onto this fabric, so I’m outlining the major motifs of the central panel. I’m using a gold metallic thread that gave me fits at first but has now settled down to behave itself. 😉 I’ve done […]
Here is part two of my update. 😉 I’ve finished (all but one step, which I’ll explain in a minute) my Coneflower quilt! 🙂 This one measures 26″ x 21″ and is machine appliquéd (after fusing) and machine quilted. As I explained in a previous post, I took a class […]