Appliqué letteringAppliqué lettering

At the time I made this quilt, I posted instructions on how to make a snowball block and how to sew a quilt top together, but I also photographed the process I go through to make appliqué letters.

After finishing the letters on the aprons, I thought it would be a good time to post [...]

One downOne down

I’m done with the table runner!  It’s official: this is my 2nd favorite quilt I have made so far.  I would say as of now, my favorite quilt is this quilt pictured first because I love the block – the classic feathered star – and because of the quilting (trapunto):

But back to my [...]

Four Winds pattern now available

They’re here!

My printed patterns were delivered yesterday afternoon.  I was very, very pleased with the quality of the printing and overall finished product.

Let me tell you a little bit about the pattern booklet:

It is printed in full color. It is coil bound so that it can lie completely flat or [...]

EQ Printables Premium Cotton Lawn sheets

The following is a review on the photo fabric sheets from the Electric Quilt Company used for the anniversary quilt project I recently completed.

The photo fabric sheets come backed with a thin plastic film which allows for easy feeding through a desktop inkjet printer.  There were only a few times that I had problems [...]

Boy with a Coin

That’s the name of my most recent quilt. It was commissioned by a customer for whom I made a baby girl quilt earlier this year.  My customer chose the same pattern but wanted a similar color scheme to another quilt in the gallery of my web site (Single Block – Boy).  The original quilt was [...]

Superior Threads

I love using Superior Threads.  Here are a few of their products that I love: The Bottom Line, MasterPiece and King Tut.

The Bottom Line thread is a 60 weight polyester thread that is very fine and lint-free.  When quilting, I almost always use The Bottom Line thread in my bobbin.  I buy a huge [...]