Free motion quilting

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Quilt showing fanciful machine-embroidered colorful houses, each with a different theme. One, for example has a sheep on the roof, another a pineapple. Each row of houses is separated from the next by a row of colorful embroidered quilt blocks. The borders are green.

Home Town quilt

I’ve been working on a quilt that began as a BOM at my local quilt shop, but. halfway through the monthly releases, the shop gave everyone the option of going ahead and getting all of the rest of it right away. I took them up on it, as I do […]

Close-up view of a few of the birds in very bright hues: red, blues, orange, yellow, turquoise, grey. black.

Birds in the Window

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It’s finished! I’d worried that this quilt might not be finished in time for the birthday for which it’s intended, but I have about ten days to spare. Whew! The design came from the Wonderfil Threads site (you have to write them and ask for the link; it isn’t readily […]

Detail of quilt showing how the shades of colors (purple and orange, in this shot) give a dimensional effect. Quilting on the black border shows another "box".

Honeycomb Waffle Quilt

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It’s finished — finally! I’d pieced this top ages ago and was “stuck” on how to quilt it until Lisa Calle came to my rescue with some suggestions. It was mostly ruler work, which was a challenge on my lovely Bernina 790Pro — a domestic machine. That involves pushing the […]

Bernina sewing machine quilting a block showing a "box" with surrounding walls, all done in a 3-D effect through use of dark/medium/light shades. Other visible blocks are in pinks and blues.

Torture!

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I made this quilt top several months ago and then waffled forever (as usual for me) about how I wanted to machine quilt it, finally getting some ideas from Lisa Calle, whose work is amazing. I have to say that I really love free-motion work (especially feathers), though I have […]

Zippered bag in purple/pink floral fabric with black zipper. Quilted feathers are all over the bag.

Another bag

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I am absolutely crazy about this bag pattern. I’m not sure why, exactly, but it really is nice that it opens up into a flat “tray” for handy access. That’s really nice when I need to just toss some things to the side for easy use later. This is the […]

Close-up of a quarter-section of the quilting. There is a flower in the corner and a suggestion of a Celtic-like design in the center.

Experiment

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Several days ago I saw an email that piqued my interest. Telene Jeffrey, from South Africa, designs absolutely gorgeous wholecloth quilts. I love wholecloth quilts, but it’s been a very long time since I’ve made one. Since she has so many exquisite designs, I decided to start out small by […]