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The new year is a great time to pick up a new hobby, or develop one you’ve been working on. Well I’m excited to say that 2025 is definitely the year to improv your machine quilting skills! My Year of Free Machine Quilting Tutorials has begun, kicking off with this in-depth introductory video. Click play below to watch:

Before we get started practicing, it’s important to set up your machine and gather your supplies. To make it easy, here are a few of my recommended supplies that I mentioned in the video above.

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Today I'll get a binding sewn on.   First I have to find a ...

I have so many potential started projects but of course I'd rather start a new one.  A lot of my finished tops (and some finished quilts) from this year were either cut shapes ready to assemble or blocks made and final layouts needed.  It cleared a big backlog from storage boxes ...

This Christmas 2020 wallhanging quilt for our youngest granddaughter, Amelia, the unicorn loving one. This Laura Heine collage was a winner! Even after quilting for well over 40 years there was still so much color value to be learned! This … Continue reading →

Two little great-grandsons came to visit with their grandparents yesterday afternoon.  They hadn't seen the toys I have at my house so they had fun.  They are ...

I recently had the opportunity to be a guest on Annie Unrein’s Live YouTube show. We talked about how you can apply machine quilting designs to her cute bag projects and patterns. We discussed things to think about when using her fabulous product called Soft and Stable. The most fun part was getting to show off a cute project that my mom (Also Annie) had made using the fabric I had quilted the previous time I was on Live with Annie. (Click the images if you don’t see the play buttons below.)

Recent Episode 44 from Season 4 ...

Starting in January of 2025, I’m excited to share an entire year’s worth of machine quilting tutorials over on my Christa Quilts YouTube Channel. This is something I’ve been wanting to do ever since I wrote my book, 99 Machine Quilting Designs. With the help of my tech savvy college kids, I’m finally making this dream a reality. Click the video below for a sneak peek of what’s to come!

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Although the entire series will be free to watch, I highly recommend getting my book to follow along ...

This was a fun wall hanging to make. Reminds me of the Mobius strips we worked with in Geometry! Once you understood the inside out/upside down paper piecing technique, it was quick to put together. Click the video to see … Continue reading →

The Quilters Color GuideMastering the Art of Color Confidencedebuts 25 Feb 25$27.95and features a whole lot of quilters, artists, art quilters and me. C&T pulled from the depth of their authors to create this one of a kind look at mastering the Art of Color Confidence. These sound like big concepts, yet understanding color begins… Continue reading Ode to Color

I’m excited to announce I’ll be checking off another show from my bucket list! Next February (2025) I get to teach at the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia. I made a quick, 3 minute video chatting about what I’m teaching and other fun things I’ll be doing there. Check it out by clicking the screen below:

Here are links to register for any of the workshops and featured lecture I’ll be giving.

• Click here for info on my Lecture & Meet ‘n Greet (free with pre-registration)
• Click here to register for my Walking Foot ...

Yesterday afternoon became a social time so most of my effort in the studio was cleaning off tables.  If I could learn to not make so many piles I wouldn't have to do the clean up so often.

I’m always surprised when the end of another month rolls around. They come up so fast!

My OMG for October was to finish quilting the center of Remember Me, everything except the borders.

Not only did I do that, but I also quilted the top and bottom borders and started on the side border.

I’m so ready to finish this quilt and move on to a different project.

For all the other OMG finishes, visit Stories From the Sewing Room.

No change in the numbers.

I finished quilting the main section of Remember Me and started the borders. The end is in sight!

I also framed Peace on Earth.

The frame came from Goodwill. It was a home dec item with a saying painted on the wood inside the frame. I wrapped the stitched piece around foamcore board covered with batting and slid it over the saying. I added a spacer inside to keep the stitching from sliding all the way back, giving less of a shadow box effect. I’m thrilled with the result.

Fabric In: 16.5 yards ...

Cooler temps are beginning to drift down like autumn leaves in New York, at first one at a time here and there and then whoosh! before you can blink the trees are nekked for their winter rest. Well, almost, this is Texas and seasons are not the same here. A few things for you today… Continue reading Hey Friends

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check out the Disappearing Dresdan!!! Looks so intriguing.

Make sure to leave me a comment about what you are working on this weekend!!

Forgot to say that I’ll be at Olde City Quilts in NJ on Sat 9/21 from 10-12!!

Have a great weekend!!!

It is 59" x 79" and has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it.  All of the fabrics, front, back, and binding are from e Bond's fabric lines (I believe there are 3 lines: Glyphs, Ravel, and Root).

My Color Weave Quilt along kicks off Monday, Sept 16th and I’m doing something a little a little different this time around. I’ll be sharing everything via email rather than here on my blog. Lately I’ve been rethinking my social media strategy and looking at numbers. Because I get higher engagement via my direct newsletter, this will be an experiment to see if that format works best for a quilt along. Keep reading below to see how you can join in the fun….

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