By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador My most recent UFO piecing was intense. I finished up Hexie Framed and Vintage Zigzag—and both gave me headaches. Hexie Framed, a design by Emily of Quilty Love The patterns were clear and well-written. I had plenty of fabrics to choose from and because of the pandemic, plenty [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador You may have heard about improvisational quilting, or improv for short. This kind of freeform construction is fun and easy, and it keeps piecing interesting because every block is a new adventure. You don't know exactly how it will look until it's sewn together. Improvisational star I think [...]
Every so often I run into a piecing task with tricky intersections. They're the places that cause problems if they're not sewn accurately. My quilt of spools, thimbles and buttons for Quiltmaker magazine is a good example. The piecing is not complex, but the intersections where the "thread" meets the wood in the spools is tricky. [...]
