Machine Quilting workshops at A Quilters’ Sampler!

 I am working on the class sample for my new machine quilting workshop “Celtic Spirals, Circles, and Swirls”.   This is one of the four mini-workshops I will be teaching at A Quilters’ Sampler™, in  Nashua, NH on May 10 and 11. I’m am offering four different machine quilting workshops at A Quilters Sampler™.  Each of [...]

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Feather Plumes …. finishing the February FMQ sampler

I couldn’t stop myself from quilting once I began free motion quilting the feather plumes from last month’s challenge.  The fabric is solid silver, silk/cotton sateen.  Using different colors of silk thread (all #100, both YLI and Superior depending on the color)  made it look like the fabric was hand dyed (although this photograph may [...]

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February Free-Motion Quilting Challenge – Feather Plumes

Confession #1: Wow! I can’t believe I’m posting this again just under the wire.  The 2012 FMQ Challenge is really providing me with a deadline and motivation to keep up with at least monthly blog posts (even though they may be written late at night). Confession #2: I took my first workshop with Diane Gaudynski [...]

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Small machine quilting project finished! – Julia’s bag

I always get so excited when I finish a project.  (That’s why small projects are so fun!)  I finished the small bag for my niece – I am really pleased with the way it turned out. The bag is made of solid cotton sateen, layered with wool batting, and quilted with silk thread.  I used [...]

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The Quilters Palette online quilt class – from Annie Smith

Do any of you listen to Annie Smith’s quilting podcast, “Quilting Stash – the first podcast for quilters“?  I am a great fan and have been enjoying her podcast for years, so I was intrigued with her new online classes.  Especially when I found she is offering a class on her “Quilters Palette” quilt – [...]

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