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Spirit Song Progress: Blue HSTs Nearing Completion + Tentative Plan for Background Fillers from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good morning, and Happy Thursday! I have been doing a pretty good job of squeezing in at least an hour or two at my long arm machine each day, so my Spirit Song quilting is progressing.

I am starting to really enjoy this little motif in my little blue HSTs that I think of as a "lollipop flower." Of course, the first couple I quilted didn't look this cute, but every time I start a new design I see it progress from "Oh, ick" to "maybe it's okay from a distance" to "meh" to "hey, NOW it's ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 4 months ago. under apqs millennium , aqs quilt week , lisa calle , long arm quilting , quilt design , quilting , quilting with rulers , rulers

I'm Thinking About Launching a NEW Long Arm Linky Party! Would YOU Participate? from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good morning, my lovelies! Before I share my custom quilting progress on my Spirit Song project, I'd love it if you'd take a second to give me feedback on an idea I've been kicking around for a new linky party.

When I tried to link up my last quilting post with Karin's Ruler Work linky at The Quilt Yarn, I was disappointed to read that she has decided to discontinue hosting her link-up due to low participation levels. Like many of you, I already participate in quite a few linky parties (One Monthly Goal, Design Wall ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 4 months ago. under full line stencils , linky , long arm quilting , machine quilting , marking , needles , pounce chalk , quilting , quilting with rulers , rulers , so fine , spirit song quilt , stencils , superior threads , thread

Happy Birthday to Me! 47 Is Gonna Be My Year of Fearless Free-Motion and Ruler Work Quilting from Cheeky Cognoscenti

I am finally having fun with free motion quilting on my long arm machine! Yay! The chalk pounce stenciling is imperfect, as it smudges and disappears while I'm quilting, but all I really need is a vague guide anyway for spacing and the angle of the curls. If I mark just one motif with chalk at a time and then quilt it right away, it serves its purpose -- and I have zero fear that the chalk won't come out of my quilt, since it's all bouncing right off the quilt without settling into the fibers in the ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 5 months ago. under apqs millennium , batting , diy stencils , free motion quilting , handiquilter , long arm quilting , marking , quilter's groove rulers , quilting with rulers , spirit song quilt

Spirit Song Ruler Work and Free Motion Fills from Cheeky Cognoscenti

And the beat goes on... Here's what I accomplished in my studio after dinner last night:

Quilting Progress as of Last Night

I'm feeling a little better about it than I was a few days ago. As you can see in the photo above, I decided to fill in every other rectangle in that "piano keys" design with bacd-and-forth scribbles. That makes my diagonally oriented quilting design stand out more, like I wanted, and I'm also finding that I like the way the 50 weight So Fine thread looks better when the quilting stitches are denser rather ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 5 months ago. under apqs millennium , free motion quilting , long arm quilting , quilt glide , quilter's groove rulers , quilting with rulers , spirit song quilt

Stencils for Long Arm Quilting, Part Two: Because There is No Such Thing as Being "Ready" from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Transferring my DIY Stencil with Pounce Chalk

After a week of avoidance behavior, I finally started quilting again last night. Ta da!

Hopefully This is the Ugliest Quilting On This Quilt

This is where I started, with that orange polka dot triangle in the top left. It took all of the will power I could muster to leave those stitches in the quilt and keep going!

I ran across this quote by British actor Hugh Laurie this morning, and it's EXACTLY what I needed to hear right now. Well, that quote combined with an amazing AQS video interview of ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 5 months ago. under bethanne nemesh , diy stencils , free motion quilting , long arm quilting , marking , pounce chalk , quilting with rulers , thread

Spirit Song Quilting Commences: Monofilament Invisible Stitching in the Ditch from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good morning and happy Tuesday! My quilting goal for the past week was to complete all of the SID (Stitch in the Ditch) quilting along the seam lines of my Spirit Song quilt. I'm about halfway there as of when I switched off the machine last night.

Invisible Monofilament SID Halfway Completed

For the SID work, I'm mostly using my 2 1/2" x 6" Quilter's Groove ProMini ruler, with Nexcare clear first aid tape on the backside of the ruler to reduce the slip-and-slide action without sacrificing visibility. I also have the larger 10" version.

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added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 6 months ago. under lisa calle , long arm quilting , monofilament , quilter's groove rulers , quilting , quilting with rulers , samwise , spirit song quilt , stitch in the ditch , superior threads , tension trouble

Spirit Song On the Frame, ALMOST Ready to Quilt... Of Partial Floats, Frame Design and Texas Hold 'Em Brackets from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Spirit Song Quilt On the Frame, Top Fully Floated

Good morning, Happy Thursday, Happy Easter, and Happy Passover! The Spring holidays have been different for sure this year, haven't they? I got this far with loading my Spirit Song quilt on Easter Sunday before sitting down to dinner with my family, but then I had to switch gears and figure out how to sew a face mask for my son to wear to work at the grocery store for his 6 AM shift on Easter Monday. I've been working on making more masks for the rest of my ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 6 months ago. under apqs , bernina q24 , dog harness , dogs , full float , julius k-9 , loading a quilt , long arm quilting , longarm machine , lulu , millenium , quilting with rulers , rottweilers , samwise , texas hold em bracket

Order In the Studio: DIY Wall Mounted Racks for Longarm Quilting Rulers from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good morning, and happy Thursday, everyone! Thanks to my blog-reader-friend Diane in Texas, SAMWISE LEARNED HOW TO GO DOWN THE STAIRS YESTERDAY!!! After reading my post about how I was carrying my 50-pound Rottweiler puppy down a flight of stairs every morning, Diane emailed me with step-by-step training instructions to get Samwise over his fear of the stairs, and they worked like a charm. It took me all of 5 minutes, y'all, and this morning he came down the stairs all on his own. I am eternally grateful, Diane, and so is my back!!

On to the Quilty Goodness ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 8 months ago. under bernie , diy , lisa calle , long arm quilting , organization , quilting with rulers , sewing studio

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