Do You Hear That?

It is the sound of the quilting angels singing HALLELUJAH!!! My sister put together the blocks for a quilt she started approximately 2 years ago. Isn’t it pretty?

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Table Cloth Quilt

I just got this back from the quilter. I pieced the top and thought it would be really pretty if I let my friend, Sue, machine quilt it. She does fancy stitches! The pattern for the piecing started with the book, Pumpkins and Spice by Whimsicals. I altered it to suit me. Isn’t that what [...]

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Flynn Multi-Frame Quilting System

When I attended the American Quilters Society festival in Paducah this year, I saw a few gadgets that I found intriguing. One such gadget was the Flynn Quilt Frame. I actually sat down and used this quilt frame. I was impressed because he had the frame set up with the same Janome sewing machine model [...]

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Loose Change

Have you seen all the packaged 5″, 10″ and fat quarters! The language of the quilter. But exactly what can you do with these size pieces of fabric? With the book LOOSE CHANGE and some time, you can make GREAT quilts. Beginning with an explanation of how many pieces in nickel (5″) or dime (10″) [...]

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Sewing a Half Square Triangle

The next step in making your table topper is to mark the back of the lightest square. Using your 8″ marking ruler, mark on both sides of the ruler and down the center of the ruler in the holes. The side markings will be where you sew, the middle marking will be your cutting line. [...]

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Help Me Find A Quilt Pattern

I love to make quilts. I don’t want to open any more quilting magazines because I know I will see another quilt I want to make. I have two started that I need to finish. I have material for another and my daughter would like a rag quilt. However, I would like to make this [...]

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