Got a little FMQ done!

I did it! I finished my first FMQ project! I made an improvised log cabin block around a fussy-cut piece featuring a cute cherub - might be little Neptune - and framed it with an olive green solid. I have no idea what fabrics I used, most of them were in a little baggie at my quilt store marked...

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Practice is Key!

Since I'm taking Angela Walters' class, I happily bought her book to follow along offline. I was so tired of random doodling on blank quilt sandwiches that I quickly made an improvisational log cabin block from some scraps. Pretty scraps that I would never have used anyway. Not my usual style. Pics tomorrow! I've been slammed with chores, and since baby has begun crawling all over the house I have...

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Craftsy Sale!

My favorite website for learning, Craftsy, has a sale on a few quilting classes. I just could not resist buying a few more free motion quilting classes that I've had my eye on. They were incredibly cheap and I really wanted to see my FMQ idols in action. I bought Machine Quilting: Small Changes, Big Variety and Dot to Dot Quilting by the awesome Angela Walters who has quilted for Tula Pink and...

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Supreme Slider!

I am *so* thrilled with my latest purchase. My LaPeirre Studio Supreme Slider Free Motion Machine Quilting Mat that helps tremendously with FMQ. My curves went from choppy and pokey to smooth and even. It reduces friction so well that moving your quilt sandwich is like butter! This is before,...

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A Post A Day?

I'm trying to publish a post each day, and I'm excited and nervous all at once. While I am no mega awesome artist, I definitely want to get there, and even if this blog helps one newbie I would count it a success. At this point I have barely any page views, although one kind person from Poland has seen a post of mine, (yay!) and I have no comments. Whew. No pressure at this point. Post by post I...

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Bungalow - Finding co-ordinates!

Here's my current collection. I have atleast a 1/4 yard of each, some up to a full yard. Happy girl! The two golds, the fourth and sixth from the left are not part of this collection, and not by Freespirit. The Emerald flowers is Dewberry, a different collection I think, but look how well it...

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Planning for Joel Dewberry's Bungalow Quilt

I am working on my queen-size quilt, but just can't help beginning my version of Joel Dewberry's Bungalow quilt. Clicking on the link directly opens the PDF to the free pattern, which I found on Google. This is she, in all her glory: I have a yard of a few of the fabrics from this line, as...

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Finding the Time to Create

Ever since little Miki arrived, I have been slammed. They say a baby changes everything, and boy, are they right. I haven't finished a single project since November, when she was born. I hate having the will to make something but no energy or time to do it. I have had so many ideas, ideas I wish I had sketched out, but just as I pick up a pencil, little Miss Trouble would wake up and howl. Now Miki...

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A Year of Quilting!

I can't believe that it's been a year since I started quilting! When I found out last February that I was pregnant, I really wanted to make something for my teeny tiny baby. She was going to be my first, and what better way to celebrate her arrival than a baby quilt? I had been pinning baby quilts for...

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Quilting Adventures

Since in my last post I realized that I need to stop sewing for myself until I am done nursing, I decided to start a quilt. I was incredibly inspired by Mary Katherine Fons' book Make + Love Scrap Quilts, and when I saw Forest Preserve - and it's absolutely amazing. I immediately pulled out...

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Plus Size is a Bust

I'm studying Barbara Deckert's Craftsy class - Plus-Size Pattern Fitting and Design. She's brilliant, funny and incredibly knowledgeable. I love her class so much, I quickly borrowed her book "Sewing for Plus Sizes" from the library, and then promptly bought my own copy from Amazon. (I love you,...

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