In keeping with the fall season, I thought I would show my Scattered Leaves in Amy’s Fall Bloggers Quilt Festival this year. My Scattered Leaves quilt is special to me because it was selected to be the cover quilt of The Quilter‘s November 2010 issue. My regular readers are probably sick of me showing this [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Bloggers Quilt Festival: Scattered Leaves
Posted in Quilt kit, Quilt Pattern, Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Published, Quilts: Pieced, tagged Autumn Quilt, Fall Quilt, Maple Leaf Block, Pieced Quilt, Signature Block, The Quilter November 2010 Issue, Wendy Sheppard, Wendy Sheppard Designs on October 29, 2010 | 21 Comments »
Ladybugs in Polka Dotville: Part 7
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Free Quilt Pattern, Ladybug Quilt, Quilt-along Pattern, RJR Crazy for Dots and Strips Fabric Collection on October 29, 2010 | 9 Comments »
[If you are just now joining the Quilt-along, please click on the button above for preliminary and additional information. Again, you can join this quilt-along ANYTIME!] Fat Quarter Shop is now carrying kits for the Ladybugs in Polka Dotville in the multi-color colorway! Finally, the ladies are ready for show! Before you do anything else, [...]
Jumpstarting Free-motion Quilting: A no-sew Lecture! (Please scroll down for the latest posts)
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Save the date: 1 – 3:30pm, 11/6/2010 at Rogers Sewing Center! I will have a no-sew presentation on free-motion quilting. With lots of pictures and real quilts, we will cover serious topics like… Why free-motion quilt How to get started with free-motion quilting The rubber-meets-the-road aspects about free-motion quilting The MILLION dollar question – how [...]
Quilting Marathon: Part 1
Posted in Quilt Pattern, Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Upcoming, Quilts: Pieced, Quilts: Pieced & Applique on October 28, 2010 | 29 Comments »
Many of you have known that I have been on a quilting marathon as of late. I am happy to share with you that the first phase of this crazy marathon is over. I so appreciate your encouraging comments and emails – believe it or not, they keep me company as I work late into [...]
Spring Song: Final Sneak Peeks
Posted in Quilting, Quilts: Pieced & Applique, tagged Benartex Forever Spring Fabric Collection, Quilt Market on October 27, 2010 | 28 Comments »
It was most fun working on Spring Song because I had a total of 55 different fabric swatches at my finger tips to incorporate in the quilt. In the end, I think I used all the fabrics except for maybe three or four browns that I couldn’t quite fit in the quilt. These fabrics are [...]







