As I have been quilting these blocks trying to stay true to the 'modern style' I just couldn't bring myself to hide the shape of this star. In many of these blocks, I am making my own shapes and trying to make the quilting the star of the show (yes pun intended). But here I decided...
Okay I know I might be saying that this block is my favourite every week, but comon! This one is cool. It took me quite a lot of doodling to come up with this idea. But I'll tell you a secret... I accidentally put the pearl chain in the wrong line (d'oh!), But that's the beauty of...
My favorite aspect of modern quilting is the ability to add new interest to traditional blocks. Readers of this blog series may have seen my concept drawings before. I spent a lot of time figuring out the basic shapes but delayed deciding on the spacing and filler placement. If I had made these...
This was a challenging one. I feel it's important to emphasize the significance of leaving spaces between fillers. Our eyes need visual breaks in complex designs. Initially, I had a pearl chain in the white triangles below the curved dot-to-dot, but it made the design too busy, so I took...
As I was quilting this block in the video the thread path didn't make much sense, lol. I was still trying to decide what to quilt! I struggled mostly with the grey parts of the block but as you can see I think it came together just fine.
If you are interested in watching the...
Quilt block number three took some serious time! This block took 34:53 minutes to stitch out. If you watch the video you will notice that shortly after starting I had to rip some stitches out. My longarm machine (Handi Quilter Avante) skips stitches sometimes when I haven't retimed...
Block number two was really fun to quilt. I have had a lot of fun coming up with designs for this series and can't wait to share more (video editing takes quite a while!). If you want to jump straight to the video you can do that HERE please like and subscribe it really helps me out. ...
This post is coming a little late, but better than never! I have been working pretty hard to get all my ducks in a row to bring this cool series to YouTube. Here is a link to the full video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm-RGE6MUw
I want to show how traditional quilt blocks can still...
The first quilt I finished in 2023 was a doozie. This quilt pattern is called Circle of Life by Jacqueline de Jonge. Kathy Salvador pieced this quilt and brought it to me to custom quilt. She had some amazing ideas and the best one was a tree of life. But I'll tell you the...
Well, 2022 saw my studio undergo a ton of changes and redirections. It has been a really interesting ride. But I'll start with some Stats:
- Quiltworx Custom Quilt Finishes, 6
- Quilts for Hospital Pediactics Donation, 5
- Quilts of Valor Donation, 2
- Quilts For Survivors, 3
- Legit...
The Launch
A whole new game
Well, here we go! I have been working on a new website to host my online courses. It has taken me quite a while and a pile of brain cells to get this incredible website set up (I might be a little biased on the whole incredible thing). ...
