This was a quilt for a dear friend that I did before putting Scrap Dance Minuet on the frame. It had a couple of minor problems, and it is a good time now to show you how I dealt with those. It was a really pretty quilt, with a batik backing. Regular readers know that …
Category: longarm quilting
Blue Hurricane Quilt
I have finally finished the last quilt I will do for the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project, a lovely top of blue fabrics pieced by Darlene Cooley. It reminds me of the ocean. I loaded it with a lovely Quilter's Dream batting donated by Susan at Desert Sky Quilting. It is a neat pattern, with strips …
Batting – What NOT to Use
Doing quilts for the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project, I went far beyond my original goal with more tops and backings sent to me than I had batting available. Thanks to some kind friends, I was gifted with several to help fill the gap. One of them was a raw wool batting that I have not …
Quilting a Foundation Pieced Quilt
This beautiful quilt top was brought to me for quilting and presented a number of quilting challenges. The top maker was a local quilter and she wanted it to go to the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project. She did a wonderful job with the piecing in pretty pinks and greens. Since I have run out of …
Centering the Back on a Longarm
Recently I was asked to do a fun kid's quilt, with trucks on the front and a city street print on the back. The quilter put borders around the back panel, and asked me to center it on the back. This is a bit harder than it sounds. When the backing is loaded, and the …
Let’s Talk About Marking Quilts
When I posted on Sunday about marking the Orizuru quilt with gel pens, there were several comments related to their use. I didn't go into detail on the pens at the time, and I should have. I was going to just talk about the gel pen on the next Orizuru post, but instead, let's talk …
Freehand Loop Quilting
A friend called recently to ask me if I would do a charity quilt she volunteered to do. Someone else had made the top, but wasn't able to quilt it due to health reasons. So, my friend volunteers after no one else in the club she attends would do it. She wasn't feeling well either …
How to Use a Towa Gauge
If you are a longarm quilter or you use a computerized embroidery machine with a bobbin case, a Towa gauge is either in your tool kit, or you have probably heard of it. I have to admit that for several years I resisted buying one. They are not cheap, and I just couldn't see the …
Nancy’s Quilt and Cyber Monday
The blocks on this pretty quilt were completed by a friend who recently passed away after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Nancy was one of the bravest women I have ever known. I am not sure many could endure what she did, the way she did, with grace and a determination to live her …
Be My Neighbor – Quilting the Beast
After the flimsy was done, I measured the quilt. It came out at 70 x 96 inches, quite the beast! So now the decision was how to quilt it. From the beginning, I wanted to do a cloud fill in the sky parts, and individual motifs and designs on each house. I needed to decide …
