By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I'm learning so much about machine quilting each day. The lessons apply whether you're quilting on a domestic like HQ Stitch or on a stationary longarm like the HQ Capri. Some of them would also be useful if you're longarm quilting with a machine on a movable carriage. [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador A few weeks ago, my HQ Capri stationary longarm arrived in two boxes. I had been concerned about setup because I am new to longarm quilting and I have a lot to learn. I kind of love the boxes. "Happy Quilting!" So I thought I'd share how everything [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador Today I finished piecing another very old UFO (that's quilt-speak for UnFinished Object). It took about a day and I can't imagine why I let this one languish for so long. I started with 12 blocks. A few were missing corners and one was only partly sewn, but [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador Whenever I attend a Handi Quilter event or see a Handi Quilter booth at a big show, there are vintage quilts with luscious machine quilting. I discovered the source of some of that beauty this week when I listened to the American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast. In case [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I finished piecing a large quilt top over the weekend and made two receiving blankets for a newborn. I used a walking foot for both tasks which made things go smoothly. This post is to help you understand what a walking foot is and when you should use [...]
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 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 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 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 [...]
A Useful Trick! By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I've been practicing a new type of binding recently and this morning I added it to a new Christmas quilt. The method is surprisingly simple. It takes a little longer to prepare this binding over a traditional one but I think the results are worth [...]
