By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I am usually unable to keep up with sew alongs and quilt alongs, which are really popular among online quilt makers. But when Temecula Quilt Co. posted their intent to run one starting in January, the scrappy sampler look drew me right in. This is a free sew [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I hope you've noticed the personalities that Handi Quilter has featured in our And I Quilt campaign. I've enjoyed seeing the different walks of life. Jan Yancey is a painter and a designer. Dorien Keusseyan is a hockey player and a mom. Jeresther Thorpe-Page is a school principal [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador On Saturday I made a quick mini quilt for my great-niece who turns 13 next week. It started out with a piece of indigo blue fabric I bought several years ago, on which a bunny had been created with a resist. It was about 10" x 12". I [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador During the last few weeks of 2019, I took inventory of the unfinished projects in my studio. UFOs (as they're called in quilt world) don't bother me or cause me guilt, but seeing them all together did motivate me to reimagine them and do some serious finishing in [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I've been watching each new And I Quilt video with interest. In case you're not familiar, And I Quilt is an ongoing campaign from Handi Quilter in which quilters from all walks of life are introduced. There is a focus on the other interests each person has, and [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I came across a wonderful scrap quilt recently. It's called Pink/Orange/Yellow Try-Angles and it was designed and made by Johnny Barfuss. Pink/Orange/Yellow Try-Angles by Johnny Barfuss Johnny works as a Studio Educator for Handi Quilter in North Salt Lake, Utah. Johnny told me the story of Try-angles. Johnny [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador The biggest challenge I face as a maker is knowing how to quilt the tops I finish. I can piece and applique 'til the cows come home and am never short of ideas. But put a newly finished quilt top in front me when it's time to secure [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador Earlier this month I blogged about my UFOs. In case you're not familiar with this term, it's how quilters describe their UnFinished Objects—projects begun but not finished. Most of us have them. I made this top as part of a staff challenge when I worked for a quilting [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I'm at Handi Quilter in North Salt Lake, Utah this week for meetings, and there is inspiration all around me. Lonestar Burst and Beyond, from Kimberly Einmo's Lonestar Burst Workshop, quilted by Handi Quilter National Educator Patty Kerns In the past, my quilts have often been about the [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador UFO is quilt-speak for UnFinished Object. A UFO is a project you started but didn't complete, and most quilters have some. Occasionally I meet someone who can't bear the thought of anything unfinished, but that's the exception. This UFO is a machine appliqued block that never went any [...]
