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September 30, 2024
Free Motion Quilting – Comtesse from I Patch and Quilt

Fall weather has made its entrance and I have already grabbed my enormous fleece hoody to cocoon in in the evenings. I have started work on a Halloween quilt project which I will share in a separate blog post later this month and have taken the cinnamon tea out of the storage cupboard. Here comes sweater weather!

The Comtesse edge to edge design is airy and soft, like leaves falling off the trees in a gentle Autumn breeze. The word comtesse is French for countess, a female of a certain rank in nobility. The Comtesse design reminds me of gentle ...

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September 13, 2024
Custom Quilting Tulips Bobbin Bloom Quilt from Sewing Under the Little Mushroom Cap

I’m so excited to share the finished Bobbin Blooms quilt with you! This project has been a true journey from start to finish, filled with creative decisions, unexpected challenges, and plenty of joy along the way. I decided to custom quilt this piece, and while custom quilting it certainly took more time, I believe it was worth every extra moment.

The process of piecing this quilt was really enjoyable. The Bobbin Blooms pattern is well-designed, and I found it easy to follow. It’s Sew Emma’s pattern is always on point! I love their detailed, fully illustrated pattern ...

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August 11, 2024
"Enjoying Alaska" on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome. It's been a busy and very hot week here. Other than taking Poppy out for short walks, I've been staying indoors (estivating) where it's cool. When there is humidex in the middle of the night, you know that it's hot!

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August 4, 2024
Quilting finished! from Quilting and More...

In a huge bit of progress for this particular quilt, I’ve finished both the free motion and the ruler work quilting! That means that I’ve been able to collapse my sewing cabinet so that I can actually walk into my room, rather than climbing over things to get in. LOL! I did my favorite free-motion […]

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August 2, 2024
Table Scraps and Quilting with Rulers from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome! I've finished my July Table Scraps Challenge and took out my quilting rulers to see what I could do. It was interesting and productive

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July 29, 2024
Stitching and FMQ on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome. I've had a great relaxing week by the pool. It turns out that 20 minutes in the pool is all I need, so I'm glad that it's not my pool!

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June 5, 2024
Baby Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full


Ponderosa Charm Squares


Back in March I pulled out these charm squares

and stitched together a Moda Love Star Quilt

top for our neighbor who is expecting her

first baby...



It's time to get it under the needle...


I am stitching on my HQ Sweet Sixteen

Sit-Down Long Arm today...





Our neighbor and her horses

are all expecting babies very soon...





A horsey quilt for a horsey girl !





I have made several of these Moda Love Quilts

and they are so much fun and a great way

to utilize precut squares of all sizes...











Beautiful horse fabric for the ...

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June 3, 2024
Raining Pink Petals - a Garden Fence Art Quilt from Quilting & Learning

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May 29, 2024
Kroyer Girl — Paper-Pieced Quilt wall hanging from Wisonsin Quilting

Paper Piecing quilt pattern by Peggy Aare.$8.78. Write to me for the PDF pattern download
PaperPiecingHeartland@gmail.com

Order this $8.78 pattern for a wall hanging or tote bag. The finished pattern measures 16″ by 18″ high. A smaller version, really meant as a coloring page, is also included so you can print it at any scale. Piece the 3″ tall individual triangles and then assemble triangles in rows.

This charmingly pensive gal is based on a figure in a 1884 scene by Danish Skagen painter P.S. Kroyer. Click here for a look at the full ...

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May 19, 2024
Mixture of Sun and Clouds on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Hello! I hope that Spring has found you and that you have a little sunshine in your days. We've had lots of clouds and rain, but I've been busy making my own Suns and clouds in the studio, getting the second part of my Outdoor Hanging Sculpture ready.

Finished Suns


The three Suns are ready - there's Sunrise, Noon Sun and Sunset. They were finished so I hung them out in the back yard to see how they would do. 

Sunrise, Noon Sun and Sunset hanging off the umbrella

Once I had done both Sunrise and Noon Sun ...

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May 6, 2024
April's Yellow Table Scrap Challenge from Quilting & Learning

Hi! This is just a quick post so that I can participate in the April Table Scraps Challenge.

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Spring Tulips in 3D on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome! I have a very Spring-like finish this week. My 3D Spring Tulips

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April 29, 2024
April 2024 OMG Finish from Quilt Paint Create

My OMG for April was finishing the April challenge quilt, which had no name in March. The quilt was based on a pattern called Ruffles by Sew Be It. I ended up naming it Freeze Frame.

I painted the background fabric because I didn’t have anything in my stash that I liked with the reds I picked for the flower petals. The fabric in the flower center was painted years ago and textured with salt. I added a second layer of batting under the center that I thought made it too puffy. I added beads to the center to ...

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April 15, 2024
Spring Tulips is coming along on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome. Spring is finally here after our last snow storm. The snow really encouraged the Spring bulbs to appear! What a wonderful sight! I've been appliquéing, quilting and making my 3D Spring Tulips piece. There sure is lots of learning going on here!

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April 14, 2024
Sunday Stash April 14, 2024 from Quilt Paint Create

No fabric in this week and a half yard out from the declutter challenge. I’m still working through my scrap containers. I finished green and yellow/brown/orange and started on red/pink.

I’m also working on quilting the challenge piece. I haven’t come up with a name yet, but I will finish the quilting soon.

Once I finish this quilt, it’s back to quilting Remember Me.

Fabric In: .33 yards

Fabric out: 11.875 yards

Net Fabric Used: 11.545 yards

How did you do this week?

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party ...

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April 2, 2024
Celebrating 12 Years of Blogging from Quilting & Learning

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March 28, 2024
Irish Chain - Project Quilting, Challenge 6 of Season 15 from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome! A quick and short post to join in the Project Quilting (PQ) 15.6, Irish Chain. 

Scrappy Irish Chain Cuddle Quilt


Scrappy Irish Chain cuddle quilt

It's done with less than an hour to spare. And now I'm quickly writing up this short post

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March 11, 2024
Horse Quilt... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full


Remember this horse panel quilt top?


It has been sitting around long enough...

time to get it....under the needle !





It is a fair sized quilt, so I will quilt it

on my Big Girl Machine...

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen





This is a Sit-Down Long Arm

and I love it for larger projects...





I used the Handi Quilter Wave Ruler

to quilt the center of the panel...





I used the Hand Quilter Ditch Ruler

for all of the straight line quilting...





To mark the spine of the feather,

I used my very favorite marking tool...

Ultimate Marking Pencil




You just ...

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Moda Love Quilt...2 from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

 

I have made 3 of these 

Moda Love Quilts...


46 x 46 inches





I just finished the machine quilting

and binding on this one...





You can make them with

Layer Cakes, 5 inch charm squares or

2.5 inch mini charm squares...











It is a wonderful way to work with

an entire line of fabric...





I have completed 3 of these quilts

and I am in the process of the 4th one...





We start our day on the calving grounds

checking on the mamas and new babies...





The Cowboy does his walk-through to check

and see who will be calving ...

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March 10, 2024
FMQ a Friend's Quilt on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

I have a free motion quilting (FMQ) finish this week. It's my girlfriend's first quilt and I offered to quilt it. It's gorgeous!  

FMQ with Wavy Lines


Sylvie, my friend, took a quilting course last winter. We pinned it in May last year and I finally started doing the stitch-in-the-ditch in August. I was busy with my niece's quilt in the fall but started the FMQ in February. I was about a ⅓ of the way through so to motivate myself to get it done, my March One Monthly Goal (OMG) was finishing the FMQ. It ...

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