I’ve gotten quite a few questions lately about how and if I am still enjoying the Babylock Coronet long arm that I bought so I thought I’d do a blog post to talk about how it’s going and give you some things to consider if you are thinking about adding a long arm to your … Continue reading
I haven’t had much time for writing blog posts lately because I’ve been keeping my focus on being in the studio creating new work. The focus has paid off because since I posted about finishing my first quilt of 2019 back on February 2, I’ve managed to design and finish two more… I am … Continue reading
You might remember that my latest book “Modern Art Quilts” released a few months back. Well now it’s time to do an official blog hop and a giveaway to celebrate it! In this book I share fusible appliqué techniques for creating gorgeous modern art quilts. But this book is more than just a technique book, … Continue reading
I put the finishing touches on my first quilt of 2019 yesterday: The Treehouse: 40″ x 50″ machine quilted/hand dyed cotton This is is my first piece quilted on my new Babylock Coronet long arm. I quilted the entire piece with the exception of the black lines on the Coronet. It was my intention to … Continue reading
After several weeks of practice I finally worked up the courage to use my new Babylock Coronet long arm on a new art quilt. Before I loaded the art quilt onto the machine though I spent a lot of time practicing and experimenting not only with threads, needles and quilting styles but also with machine … Continue reading
I did something today that I very rarely do: I rolled up a piece in progress, put it away and started a new one. Now I now that for 99% of quilters this is not that big a deal but for me – it’s a really big deal, like a huge colossal deal… I always … Continue reading
You may remember several years back I was involved in a little project called the Sketchbook Challenge. I had such a great time with that project and the result of it was the publication of my first book and it also started me on the path to working and developing my own style of quilting. … Continue reading
