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I love bump-bump feathers. I have practiced many different styles, but for traditional looking feathers these are my absolute favorite. I have been promising a video on how I make these, and I will get there! Until then, here's a little tutorial to show how I make them. Almost any quilting design I'm going to create I practice on paper first. I drew HUNDREDS of feathers before I was able to quilt them. These are not the kinds of feathers I made when I was starting out, but I've found that…

Initially made for a friend’s baby, but I liked it too much to give away.

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One of my very favorite kinds of quilting is organic straight-line, and it's as low-stress as it gets. Though it's even simpler than doing ...

Vou compartilhar aqui os padrões de quilt que eu mais gosto. Não são todos que sei fazer ainda, mas acho tão lindo que vou compartilhando com vcs. Vou contar um segredinho, a máquina de costura pode ser a mais moderna do mundo, eu ainda prefiro o quilt a mão...NADA se compara ao ponto e a firmeza do quilt a mão :)

Melody Crust talks on her blog about the importance of selecting the right quilting pattern to make the most impact on your quilt top. Calling straight line quilting elegant, click HERE to learn mo…

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CLAM SHELL Offset every other row to create the clamshell pattern. Simply load your quilt upside down to create the Mermaid Scales look! File formats include: .bqm .cqp .dxf .hqf .hqv .iqp .pat .plt .qli .qcc .ssd .txt .jpg image file These are compatible with most longarm quilting formats including: Innova, Bernina, AutoCAD, HQ Pro-Stitcher, Intelliquilter, Side Saddle, Statler Stitcher, QBot and PC Quilter. This is a digital product no physical product will be sent. Once payment is…

It's been such a long time since I could post something I've sewn. Feels pretty good. When I haven't been working on the TV stepouts I've been sewing on this, Bridges. The idea started when my son Jon sent a sketch for my new logo, very bridge, scaffold like. I sent that to Sarah and she worked her genius and came up with the logo, but that original sketch got me thinking. Then I moved to Chicago and started exploring the neighborhood. I didn't have a clue that in Chicago there are bridges…