Last week we discussed how important quilting some of your own quilts can be — how that really increases your skill level as a quilter. And we focused primarily on using the walking foot. However, as much as you may love quilting with your walking foot, there may come a time when nothing but lowering […]
Here’s the scenario…you’ve cut your fabric. You beautifully pieced or appliqued all your quilt blocks. You’ve sewn those blocks into rows. You’ve put on the borders (correctly…so they’re not waving at anybody). Now you get to the last line of the quilt pattern instructions: Quilt as desired. Aaaannnnnndddddd that’s where a lot of us freeze. […]
My favorite part of making a quilt is picking out my fabric. Now let me make a quilting confession: I couldn’t always say this. It wasn’t until after I had quilted several years that my fear of choosing the wrong fabric began to fade. Sometimes I still wonder if I have made the right choice, […]
