Grab your spot in the is FREE quilting summit. Learn from 16 different instructors teaching 16 different techniques. When you ask??? August 21,22 and 23rd! Click here for all the details!
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Happy Friday friends. Wednesday I drove in to visit with the West Houston Quilters Guild. I missed the rain by this much | |, the clouds driving in and out were a sight to behold. Mammatus clouds, so fun. Humidity and curly hair have a special relationship, where the percentage of moisture in the air… Continue reading West Houston Quilters Guild
read moreThis afternoon I am pulling quilts and other things together so I can speak with the West Houston Quilters Guild, (their Instagram) offering the Learn to Stitch with Reckless Abandon lecture. It was a little dicey there for a bit because hurricane Beryl visited in just the right way causing damage and power outages. I’m… Continue reading Thirty years a quilter
read moreOkay, maybe this won't exactly be an "ode" but as I was quilting this Mississippi Mud over the past couple weeks, I found myself expressing gratitude to my brain for finally coming up with a good quilting strategy for this pattern.
I was recently unpacking from my latest quilty travels and as I was putting my quilts away, I realized I’ve made 5 different versions of the same quilt. How does that even happen?? LOL!! So today I thought it would be fun to share all of them together in one post, plus a few more bonus ideas!!
Click here to get my Bling pattern – PDF version
Click here to get my Bling pattern – paper version
The original version of Bling shown above was created for a magazine and originally came in one size only. I made it to showcase ...
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| Pink & Green Beer Quilt |
I think it came out very well and as soon as the label is done (on Lisa's task list) we can give it to our friend for whom we made it.
This was my One Monthly Goal for June.
My goal for June is to quilt a pink and green scrap quilt that Lisa and I made for a friend of ours who is battling cancer. I am stippling it ...
read moreI love traveling all over the country teaching my machine quilting methods and I pretty much say yes to any group who invites me. Over the next few months I’ll be traversing California at a couple of big shows. Next up is 4 days of workshops at Pacific International Quilt Festival, July 24-27, 2024. As of this writing one of my workshops is full, but there are still a couple spots left in 3 of them.
Click here for the most updated list of my workshops and to register for what’s still available.
It’s fun to share some of the reasoning behind the fabrics I’ve designed. With my Good Vibes collection, I wanted to create a group of fabrics with an equal number of lights and darks so that they’d work well in lots of precut friendly patterns.
Click here to view all Good Vibes fabrics.
Speaking of precut friendly patterns made from light and dark, have you downloaded my FREE Puzzle Box quilt pattern? It’s made from 2 sets of 2 1/2″ wide strip rolls – half light and half dark! The picture below was taken at our ...
read moreThere comes a point in time when you need to tackle that pile of quilt tops. You know. That mega pile in the corner.
It’s barely holding on to it’s straight pile position– at any moment it could topple. Yeah.
There are things though that stop us from putting those quilt tops into a finished quilt—- what are they?
I’m afraid to use my sewing machine for machine quilting.
Or- I don’t know how to put the layers together.
Or- I’m just not that great at quilting or whatever!
I can’t help you with ...
read moreI have a little secret to share. I’m currently working on a followup to my popular Dazzle Dots fabric collection. But in the meantime, while I can’t share what’s new, I can revisit some of my earlier fabric collections, just in case you missed them the first time around!
Click here to view my Black, White & Bright collection.
I designed this grouping to add to my stash of black & white prints, but then threw in a few bright colors and fun backgrounds. In fact, the four prints shown below – called “Crackle” are my absolute favorites from the ...
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In about a week a new issue of The Book Report will release on YouTube with Lee Monroe of May Chappell Designs. It’s about COLOR and I ask her the very important question, “what’s the difference between the CMYK and standard RBG color wheels. I loved her answer! Summer Sale on E-books! C&T Publishing is… Continue reading The Book Report, A Summer Sale, & me
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| Green scrap quilt in progress |
In May I want to finish the green scrap quilt I pieced for the RSC. I need to finish the quilting (which I started but haven't gotten far with) and ...
read moreIf you haven’t had a chance to travel to Paducah, KY for the AQS quilt show, I thought it would be fun to share a few highlights from my week of teaching there. It was my first trip to this amazing show and it certainly won’t be my last!
From Las Vegas, I flew to Charlotte, NC and then took a smaller commuter plane to the Paducah regional airport. Once there, we were greeted by the Paducah ambassadors and then taken over to the host hotel to settle in. The next day kicked off a 4 day frenzy ...
read moreI have just completed phase 1 of the $9.97 membership, QG Creative Design Society. The sales page is up, and you can sign up for it now. If you are a current member and pay more than the $9.97/month, your membership has been canceled, but wait til you receive an email from me as you have a credit! So please be patient.
As I was canceling 200+ memberships, I got a pit inside my stomach that maybe this was crazy and I wouldn’t be able to pay my bills. read more
Well, this can be either the best decision in my business or the worst decision. You may be wondering what I have decided.
I have had the Quilter’s Groove TRIBE membership since June of 2021, and I absolutely love it and the members. Currently, the price is $24.97/month. There is a low-price offer for the Design Decision Dilemma at $9/ month.
For the past 3 months, I have been thinking of making a huge change and have made my final decision. I will combine the two memberships AND reduce the ...
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