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Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventures: Scroll Flower #2
Another week has flown by and it's time for the Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventure, featuring the scroll flower design.I've said you can size this to fit any project, from background filler to large...
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Free Motion Quilting Farm Adventure
I'm still quilting away on the farm quilt, and it's coming along very well despite the interruptions (aka my wonderful family) when I have to stop and go do something else. I am one super blessed lady...
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'Garden Gal' asked for video showing how I knot and bury threads when I free motion quilt. I was happy to oblige!Now, back to quilting on the farm quilt, if I can! Why must there always be dishes,...
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Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventures: Scroll Flower Week 3
I've got to admit I almost didn't get this week's Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventure post up! It's been such beautiful weather here and I didn't want to spend more time at the computer.I had a few...
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Beautiful Applique
I ran off to my local quilt guild meeting Monday night. (The line from the movie, "O Brother, Where Art Thou" pops in my head about the boy's mom "running O-F-T" when I say that) Frances Calhoun was...
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Creative Week in Review
I hope to spend the rest of my Friday free motion quilting on my farm quilt, but first a little post on the other adventures I've been up to. I got out the serger and proceeded to cover my sewing space...
View ArticleFree Motion Quilting Video: Curved Crosshatching
I am all alone in the house, getting some serious quilting done and also preparing a few videos. Here's the first one:I can't tell you how happy I am over the Janome "ruler" toe! I love being able to...
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Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventure: Scroll Flower Week #4
I hope you've had a chance to give scroll flower a go in the past few weeks. This is the last week for this design, so give it a good stitch out.I was intrigued by one of Esther's drawings of this...
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Framing the Farm with Feathers
When it comes to free motion quilting, there's nothing I like better than to quilt feathers! I like to them where they are all wild and different though. So a huge border full of uniform feathers is a...
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Let Me Tell You a Little Story....
Once upon a time there was a woman who had a farm and a wonderful husband. They were happy and in love and worked hard. She raised organic vegetables and sold them to very appreciative customers in the...
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Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventure: Using Rulers
First let me say a great big thank you to all those who commented on my previous post, Let Me Tell You a Little Story. You all are so kind, sweet, and wonderful! I can't possibly answer all the...
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Plucking Out Plumes
I'm in the homestretch for finishing the farm quilt and then....rip it, rip it. I was free motion quilting my wonderful feathers around one of the corners and I was halfway done and compared it to the...
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Free Motion Quilting Adventure: Using Rulers Week 2
It's past time for my Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventures post and while I'm posting it before it's officially Tuesday, it's not the post I had planned. This weekend and Monday has been a doozy.Feet...
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Farm Quilt Finishing
Finishing up the binding on my farm quilt. I love the free motion quilting on this one, especially the ruler work with the curved crosshatching. Actually turned out pretty darn close to my vision for...
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Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventure: Ruler Work, Week 3
I thought for week 3 of our Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventure featuring ruler work, I'd focus on a few different designs and show how rulers can be used on pieced areas.I grabbed a sample piece...
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Blogger's Quilt Festival- Farm Quilt Finale
Finally! The farm quilt is done! Whew, I loved doing it, but it seemed to take forever and life conspired to give me only little bits of time to work on it.Binding done and time for a bath. Special...
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Applique at the Pow Wow
Last Saturday, we headed off to the annual Monacan Indian Pow Wow near Elon, Virginia. The Monacan Indians are a relatively small group in central Virginia and are working towards being officially...
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Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventure: Ruler Work- Week 4
It's the last post of my ruler work series! I love ruler work when free motion quilting- the contrast between lines and curvier free motion designs like swirls or feathers is just fabulous. It's safe...
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Snaps and Scraps
I haven't gotten much sewing or even free motion quilting done this week other than the customer table topper I showed on Monday. I have been working on a piece with decorative stitching similar to the...
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Free Motion Monday Quilting Adventure: Grid-based Designs
It's the start of another month and time for a new free motion quilting design focus and a new give-away!Last month's design of ruler work was a bit tricky for those who don't have some sort of ruler...
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